Ocean of Lights

700 words

ای منادی میثاق مکتوبی که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید در خصوص

Translation:

Provisional translation

O thou herald of the Covenant! The letter that thou didst address to Jinab-i-Manshadi hath been perused. Regarding [3.5s]

Manuscripts (1)Publications (8)

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

INBA85:388

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v085/?page=390

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#0150

http://www.bahai.org/r/615464079

ASAT. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Asráru’l-Áthár (5 vols.). BPT Iran, 1973. Encyclopedic glossary of Bahá’í terminology.
Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf, Vol. 4: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf, Vol. 5: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf

ASAT2.190-191x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf#page=97

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK3.277.16x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-281.html

AVK3.344.18

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-348.html

TRZ. Ṭaráz-i Iláhí (2 vols.). Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 2002. Biography of Tarazullah Samandari. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/72.pdf, vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/73.pdf

TRZ1.333

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/72.pdf#page=1

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

MAS5.220-221x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS5/mas5-220.html

YIA. Rafati, Vahid. Yádnámiy-i Ibn-i-Abhar. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2016. Includes Tablets to, history and writings of Ibn-i-Abhar. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/yia.pdf

YIA.323-325

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/yia.pdf#page=319

YIK. Rafati, Vahid. Yádnámiy-i Ishráq-Khávarí. Fundación Nehal, 2014. Remembrance of Ishráq-Khávarí. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/257.pdf

YIK.397-399

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/257.pdf#page=406