Ocean of Lights

420 words

ای یاران روحانی و اماء رحمان این خاکدان فانی جغدان نادانرا سزاوار و این گلخن

Translation:

Provisional translation

O spiritual companions and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! This ephemeral dust-heap befitteth none but ignorant owls, and this furnace [3.5s]

Manuscripts (2)Publications (3)

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

INBA87:143

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=145

INBA52:140

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=142

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]

MMK2#060 p.046

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-48.html

TABN. Mudarris, Fathullah. Táríkh-i Amr-i-Bahá'í dar Najafábád. Asr-i-Jadid, 2004. Regional history. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/627.pdf

TABN.038

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/627.pdf#page=38

ANDA. ‘Andalíb (mult. vols.). Andalib board, 1981-2010. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2018 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/andalib/

ANDA#69 p.07

https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-69-hi