Ocean of Lights

440 words

ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه مدتیست این خامه بان حضرت نامه ننگاشته

Translation:

Provisional translation

O exalted branch of the divine Tree! For some time this pen hath not written a letter unto thee [3.5s]... ...Thou hadst written regarding the house that was the dwelling of the illustrious branch of the sacred Tree, the martyred uncle, Áqa Siyyid ʿAlí—may My spirit be a sacrifice unto him

Manuscripts (2)Translations (2)

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

INBA87:411b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=413

INBA52:424

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=426

GEN. Afnán, Mírzá Ḥabíbu’lláh (trans. Ahang Rabbani). The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs. Brill, 2008. Vol. 1 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. https://bahai-library.com/pdf/a/afnan_rabbani_genesis_faiths.pdf

GEN.257x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/a/afnan_rabbani_genesis_faiths.pdf

AFNAN. Afnán, Mírzá Ḥabíbu’lláh. Memories of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu'l-Bahá: Memoirs of Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh Afnán (trans. Ahang Rabbani). Kalimat, 2005. English translation of Khátirát-i-Ḥayát. Vol. 4 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf

AFNAN.194-195x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=196