Ocean of Lights

950 words

ای دوستان الهی و مشتعلان بنار محبت رحمانی در این خاکدان ترابی آشیانه نمودن

Translation:

Provisional translation

O friends of God and ye who are enkindled with the fire of divine love! Ye have made your nest in this dusty realm of clay [3.5s]

Manuscripts (1)Publications (11)

INBA. Iranian National Bahá’í Archives volumes. Two-digit entries are from the 105-volume private printing, Iran, 1975. Digitally reprinted by the Afnan Library: https://afnanlibrary.org/inba/, with typed volumes available at https://oceanoflights.org/chapter/manuscripts-fa/. Four- digit entries suffixed by “C” are taken from SRC Appendix 1; 6007C can be found at http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/INBA.6007C.pdf

INBA88:084

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=118

MKT. Makátíb-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' (9 vols.). BPT Iran, 121 B.E.–135 B.E. [1965- 1978]. Full texts of Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; first three volumes originally published in Cairo in 1910, 1911 and 1921. Vols. 1-8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/, Vol. 9: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/577.pdf

MKT4.054

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA4/ma4-54.html

MILAN. Mílání, ‘Alí Akbar. Majmu`ih-'i Mubárakih. Tehran, 1326 [1908]. Letters about the Constitutional Revolution. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/M-R/M/milani/milani.htm

MILAN.159

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/M-R/M/milani/159.jpg

BSHN. Bisháratu'n-Núr. Bahá'í-Verlag, 140 B.E. (1^st edition) and 144 B.E. (2^nd edition). Prayers and Tablets relating to life after death. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/225.pdf (1^st edition). https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-04-fa/ (2^nd edition typescript) https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-05-fa/ (3^rd edition typescript)

BSHN.140.208

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-215.html

BSHN.140.356

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-363.html

BSHN.144.208

Not yet online

BSHN.144.354

Not yet online

DUR. Durr-i-Afshán (4 vols.). BPT Iran, 1944-1951. Journal. Deepening materials for women

DUR4.814

Not yet online

MHT1a. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 121 B.E. [1964]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf

MHT1a.171x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf#page=172

MHT1b. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973-4]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf

MHT1b.129x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf#page=129

MHT2. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur, vol. 2. Bahá'í-Verlag, 144 B.E. [1981]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN

MHT2.156

Not yet online

QALAM. Mishkin Qalam, XIX Century Artist and Calligrapher. Persian Arts and Letters Society, 1995. Calligraphic examples. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mishkin-qalam_calligraphy_book.pdf

QALAM.011-012

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mishkin-qalam_calligraphy_book.pdf