Ocean of Lights

620 words

ای یاران الهی خطه شیراز منسوب بحضرت بی نیاز و موطن کاشف اسرار بر اهل راز

Translation:

Provisional translation

O friends of God! The city of Shíraz is connected with the Self-Subsisting; it is the native land of the One Who hath unraveled a myriad mysteries

Manuscripts (2)Publications (4)Translations (1)

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

INBA87:187

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=189

INBA52:189

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=191

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

MKT1.298

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-297.html

AYT. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ayyám-i Tis`ih. Kalimat, 1981. Reprinted by Mir’at, 2008. Tablets and historical notes on Bahá’í Holy Days. Pagination refers to original edition. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-1.html

AYT.184

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-184.html

PYM. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Payám-i Malakút. BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973], republished by NSA India, 1985. Compilation on the coming of Bahá’u’lláh. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/PM2/download.html

PYM.115-116x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/PM2/pm2-115.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

YHA1.340x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf#page=342

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

ADMS#065i22x

https://adibmasumian.com/translations/passages-on-iran/