Ocean of Lights

450 words

ای یار دیرین مهربان خوشا ایامیکه بزم انس آراستیم و در نهایت محبت و الفت گفتگو

Translation:

Provisional translation

O kind friend of old, Happy were the days we sat together in fellowship, in amity and affection. The charm of that meeting is still vividly remembered

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

CMB. Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, E.G. Browne collection. See BRHL for details. Link to catalog entries: https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/subject_sh2009116570

CMB_F66f34.2

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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#0813

https://www.bahai.org/r/790933739

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

MSHR5.293-294

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1731.pdf#page=289

EGBBF. Balyuzi, Hasan. E.G. Browne and the Bahá’í Faith. George Ronald, 1970. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/balyuzi_browne_bahai_faith.pdf

EGBBF.107-108x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/balyuzi_browne_bahai_faith.pdf