Ocean of Lights

560 words

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مورخ یازدهم جولای رسید و دو تلغراف از شما رسید یکی ... این مسائل مثل کف دریا است

Notes:

see ABCC.402 for context

Translation:

Provisional translation

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the eleventh of July and two telegrams from thee were received [3.5s]... ...These issues (violations of the Covenant) are like the froth of the sea – they come and then disappear...But if a person does some injury to me, myself, not to the Cause of God, even if he cuts off one of my limbs

Publications (4)Translations (3)

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

MAS2.037-040

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-38.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

YHA1.107-108x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf#page=109

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_v05#14 p.004x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_14

KHH. Mu'ayyad, Ḥabíb. Kháṭirát-i Ḥabíb (2 vols.). BPT Iran, 118 B.E., reprinted Bahá'í-Verlag, 2004. Pilgrim notes from various times between 1907 and 1915. Catalog entries refer to both paginations (118 B.E. edition second). Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/355.pdf; 118 B.E. edition: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/515.pdf

KHH1.258-260 (1.361-363)x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=289

KHHE. Mu’ayyad, Ḥabíb. Eight Years Near ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. n.p., 2007. English translation of KHH. Vol. 3 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. https://bahai- library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_diary_habib_muayyad_2013_hidden.pdf

KHHE.377-379

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PT#104x

https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_lawh_munafiqin

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#052dx

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=5