Ocean of Lights

650 words

ای اماء رحمن بادهای مخالف شمع پیمان را احاطه کرده و طیور غرور عندلیب گلشن

Translation:

Provisional translation

O handmaidens of the Merciful! Contrary winds have encircled the Candle of the Covenant, and the birds of pride have beset the nightingale of the rose-garden [3.5s]

Manuscripts (2)Publications (3)

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

INBA13:204

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=102

INBA88:278

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=312

AYBY. Áyát-i-Bayyinát. Dundas, Canada: Association for Bahá’í Studies in Persian, 1999. Tablets to Samandar, Nabíl ibn-i-Nabíl, and their families. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/386.pdf

AYBY.359 #040

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AB/ab-368.html

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

KHSH09.047

https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_9

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

MSHR3.331x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/MASH3/mash3-333.html