Ocean of Lights

700 words

ای سهیم و شریک عبدالبهاء در عبودیت آستان بها شب است در کالیفورنیا شهر اوکلند

Translation:

Provisional translation

O thou who art partner and co-sharer with ‘Abdu'l-Baha in servitude to the Threshold of Baha! It is evening and these wandering birds are nestled in the home

Publications (7)Translations (3)

KHSH. Khúshihá'í az Kharman-i Adab va Hunar. Vols. 1-7: Anjuman-i-Adab, 1990-1996. Vols 8-20: Asr-i-Jadid, 1997- . Collected articles -- Seminar proceedings of the Society for Persian Arts and Letters. https://bahai-library.com/khushih-hai_kharman_adab_honar

KHSH08.010

https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_8

KHSH08.052

https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_8

ANDA. ‘Andalíb (mult. vols.). Andalib board, 1981-2010. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2018 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/andalib/

ANDA#33 p.19

https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-33

MSHR. Rafati, Vahid. Ma'ákhidh-i Ash`ár dar Áthár-i Bahá'í. 5 vols. Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 2004- . Vol 1: http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/MASH1/; Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/649.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/650.pdf, Vol. 4: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MSHR4.pdf , Vol. 5: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1731.pdf

MSHR5.259-260x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1731.pdf#page=255

MJDF. Javáb-i Prufisir-i Almání Duktúr Fúrál bá Chand Lawḥ-i Dígar. Egypt, 1921. Tablet to Dr. Auguste Forel and various other Tablets of Abdu’l-Bahá. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/594.pdf [Tablet to Dr. Forel only]

MJDF.104

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/594.pdf#page=104

NJB. Najm-i Bákhtar (mult. vols.). George Ronald, 1978. Persian pages from Star of the West (1910-1935). https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1412.pdf and https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol4/starwest/starwest.htm

NJB_v04#07 p.001

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_7

BDA. Zarqání, Maḥmúd. Kitáb-i Badáyi`u'l-Áthár (2 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1987. Vol. 1 (translated as MHMD1): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/241.pdf, Vol. 2 (translated as MHMD2): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/242.pdf

BDA1.315.07

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-315.html

MHMD1. Sobhani, Mohi (trans). Mahmud's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání Chronicling ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey to America. George Ronald, 1998. English Translation of BDA1. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf, https://bahai-library.com/zarqani_mahmuds_diary (typescript)

MHMD1.333

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=358

ECN. Notes of Ella Cooper, "‘Abdu’l-Bahá in California". n.p, 1912. Pilgrim notes held in U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. https://bahai- library.com/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912

ECN.544

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=544

ADMS. Personal web site of A. Masumian, with provisional translations and original texts. https://adibmasumian.com/translations/

ADMS#178

https://adibmasumian.com/translations/abdul-baha-tablet-oakland-haji-mirza-haydar-ali/