Ocean of Lights

510 words

ای صدرالصدور رق منشور قرائت گشت مقصد معلوم گردید فی الحقیقه الیوم آنحضرت خدمت

Translation:

Provisional translation

O distinguished one! The written missive was perused and its purpose became evident. In truth, in this day thou art rendering service [3.5s]... ...In truth thou art now rendering a great service to the basic foundations of the Cause of God... As to the question of the twelfth Imam, there existeth in the ḥadíths an apparent contradiction.

Publications (4)Translations (4)

MMK. Muntakhabátí az Makátíb-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' (6 vols.). Bahá’í World Centre, 1979 and 1984; Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992-2005. Vol. 1 = SWAB; vol. 3: topics in divine philosophy; vol. 4: life and station of Bahá’u’lláh; vol. 5: life and station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; vol. 6: references to the Qur’án. Page images: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Typescripts: https://oceanoflights.org/table/abdul-baha-selections-writings01-fa/ [replace 01 in the url with other volume numbers through 06]

MMK6#601x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=439

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

AVK2.222.13x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-223.html

TSS. Rastigar, Naṣrulláh. Kitáb-i-Táríkh-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Ṣadru's-Ṣudúr. BPT Iran, 104 B.E. [1947]. Biography of Ṣadru's-Ṣudúr. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/tss.pdf

TSS.147

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/tss.pdf#page=150

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

MAS2.050-052x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-51.html

COC. The Compilation of Compilations (3 vols.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991, 2000. Inventory refers to the continuous numbering of original publications, which is lost in the online version. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_1, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_2, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_3

COC#0388x

https://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_deepening#388

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#001x

https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_masumian_twelfth_imam

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

ADMS#019x

https://adibmasumian.com/translations/protect-bearer-snow-white-scroll/

KFPT. “Khazeh Fananapazir: Provisional Translations”. Personal web site (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/20150127162047/http://fananapazir.co.nr/translations.html

KFPT#03.6

https://web.archive.org/web/20160308184005/http://fananapazir.co.nr/sixtranslations.html