Ocean of Lights

440 words

ای موقن بایات الله گویند که قوای اعظم عالم قوه سلطنت قاهره و سطوت حکومت باهره

Translation:

Official translation

O true believer in the verses of God! It is said that the greatest power in the world is the power of an all-compelling sovereignty

Manuscripts (2)Publications (3)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

INBA87:497x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=499

INBA52:522x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=524

NURA#54

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nur-i-afaq.pdf

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]

MMK4#117 p.125x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-128.html

MATA. Shahídíyán, Amínulláh. Mansúbán-i-Ástán-i-Ṭal‘at-i-A‘lá (Khándán-i-Afnán). Private printing, 2009. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mansuban-i-astan-i-talat-i-ala.pdf

MATA.033-034x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mansuban-i-astan-i-talat-i-ala.pdf

LOTW. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Haifa: Baha’I World Centre, 2020. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/light-of-the-world/

LOTW#54

http://www.bahai.org/r/524375366