Ocean of Lights

830 words

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد و لک الشکر علی ما انعمت و آتیت و والیت و اعطیت

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thanks be unto Thee O my Beloved!... O ye friends of God! The joy and happiness of the people of faithfulness

Publications (17)Translations (5)

BRL. “Bahá'í Reference Library”: Authoritative source of original texts and authorized translations, maintained and frequently updated and expanded by the Bahá’í World Centre. Subsections defined for this catalog: BRL_APBH (Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATBH (Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATE (Additional Tablets, Extracts, and Talks of Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_CHILD (Prayers and Tablets for Children), BRL_CONF2018 (Compilation for the 2018 Counsellor’s Conference), BRL_CONSULT (Consultation; original quotations here), BRL_CUHJ (Compilation on the Universal House of Justice; original language version COMP_CUHJP), BRL_CRISIS (Crisis and Victory), BRL_DA (Digar Alvah – Additional Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_DAK (Digar Alvah va Khitabat – Additional Tablets and talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_FAM (Family Life), BRL_FIRE (Selections from Fire and Light [=NANU]), BRL_IOA (Compilation on the Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith), BRL_IOPF (Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting), BRL_LSA (The Local Spiritual Assembly), BRL_MASHRIQ (The Institution of the Mashruqu’l-Adhkár; original quotations COMP_MASHRIQP), BRL_MEET (Bahá’í Meetings), BRL_PDL (Prayer and Devotional Life; original lquotations COMP_PDLP), BRL_PEACE (Peace; original quotations COMP_PEACEP), BRL_PMDA (Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude), BRL_SOCIAL (Compilation on Social Action), BRL_SCHOLAR (Compilation on Scholarship), BRL_TTT (Twelve Table Talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_SWO (To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages). Sequential numbering may be introduced based on order of entry. https://reference.bahai.org [legacy version with many additional texts]; https://www.bahai.org/library/

BRL_DAK#0587

https://www.bahai.org/r/015205731

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

MKT1.288

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-287.html

AMK. Alváḥ, Munájáthá, va Khaṭábihá. n.p., 1907. Jellygraph of misc. Tablets, prayers and talks of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá chiefly in the hand of Ali-Akbar Milani

AMK.073-076

Not yet online

AMK.079-082

Not yet online

HHA. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Ḥayát-i Ḥaḍrat-i `Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1994. Biography of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf

HHA.109x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf#page=118

RHQM. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Raḥíq-i Makhtúm (2 vols.). Bahá'í- Verlag, 2007. Commentary on the “Lawḥ-i-Qarn” (101 B.E. Naw-Rúz message) of Shoghi Effendi. Entries in this catalog refer to three different editions respectively: BPT Iran 103 B.E., BPT Iran 130 B.E., Verlag 2007. 103 B.E. edition: Vol. 1, https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf; Vol. 2, https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/653.pdf

RHQM2.0700 (090x) (056-057x)

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/653.pdf#page=45

LMA. Ruḥání, Muḥammad Shafí’. Lam'átu'l- Anvár (2 vols. in 1). Century Press, 2002. Biographies of the martyrs. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/359.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/360.pdf

LMA2.409

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/360.pdf#page=417

MAS. Má'idiy-i Ásmání (8 vols.). BPT Iran, 129 B.E. Reprinted in 3 volumes by Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India 1984-1985 (new vol. 2, writings of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá, = old vols. 2, 5, 9; new vol. 3, writings of Shoghi Effendi, = old vols. 3, 6) and Mir’át 2005 (new vol. 1, writings of Bahá’u’lláh, = old vols. 1, 4, 7, 8). Vols. 1, 4, 7, 8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/; vols2. 2, 5, 9: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Vol. 9 exists in two different typesettings and paginations; this catalog uses the pagination contained in the BPT India reprint, which trails the online version by several pages

MAS5.186

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS5/mas5-186.html

MJMJ. Majmú`iy-i Munáját (3 vols.). BPT Iran, 1970. Prayers of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá. Vol. 1 not same as https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA1=MJH; Vol. 2: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA2/; Vol. 3: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA3/

MJMJ2.050

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA2/mma2-51.html

MMG. Majmú`iy-i Munájáthá. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992 (1^st ed.), 2001 (2^nd ed.), 2009 (3^rd ed.). Standard book of prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Reprinted with additional prayers and reordered, 2009. Numbering and pagination in this catalog refers to the 1992 (MMG1), 2001 (MMG2) or 2009 (MMG3) edition; page images link to the 2001 edition at https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA

MMG2#085 p.093

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-96.html

YHA. Maḥmúdí, Húshang. Yád Dáshtháy dar bárih-yi Ḥaḍrat-i-‘Abdu’l-Bahá (2 vols.). BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973]. Notes on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf; Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf

YHA1.341x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf#page=343

YHA1.348x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf#page=350

YHA1.380x (2.689)

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf#page=382

MLK. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Maqám-i A`lá, yá, Malikiy-i Karmil. BPT Iran, 1975. Compilation on the Shrine of the Báb. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/403.pdf

MLK.087

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/403.pdf#page=87

QT108. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Qámús-i Tawqí`-i Maní`-i Naw-Rúz-i 108 Badí`. Asr-i-Jadid, 2001. Commentary on the Naw-Rúz 108 letter of Shoghi Effendi. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/356.pdf

QT108.045x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/356.pdf#page=45

NYMG. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Nayríz-i Mushgbíz. BPT Iran, 127 B.E. [1973]. Regional history. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/460.pdf

NYMG.142x?

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/460.pdf#page=147

NYMG.175x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/460.pdf#page=180

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v01#03 p.001-004

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_3

SW_v08#18 p.235-236

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_18

NYR. Nayríz (Web site). Official site of “Awakening: A History of the Bábi and Bahá’í Faiths in Nayriz”. Illuminated Tablets and provisional translations. https://www.nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=illuminatedTablets

NYR#124x and 202

https://www.nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=illuminatedTablets

BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection

BSTW#031

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=40

BSTW#373

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=39