Ocean of Lights

410 words

ای یاران نورانی و اماء رحمن چون ظلمات نادانی و غفلت از عالم یزدانی و احتجاب

Translation:

Official translation

O ye illumined loved ones and ye handmaids of the Merciful! At a time when the sombre night of ignorance, of neglect of the divine world

Publications (4)Translations (5)

MNMK. Min Makátíb-i-`Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Brazil, 1982. Collection of Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/

MNMK#096 p.176

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-174.html

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]

MMK1#016 p.031

https://www.bahai.org/r/966640670

AKHA. Akhbár-i Amrí (mult. vols.). BPT Iran, 1922-1980. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_122BE #06 p.b

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

NJB. Najm-i Bákhtar (mult. vols.). George Ronald, 1978. Persian pages from Star of the West (1910-1935). https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1412.pdf and https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol4/starwest/starwest.htm

NJB_v01#13 p.001

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_13

SWAB. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1978. Same as MMK1. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/abdul-baha/selections-writings-abdul-baha/

SWAB#016

http://www.bahai.org/r/762803212

TAB. Tablets of Abdul Baha Abbas (3 vols.). Baháí Publishing Society, 1909- 1916. Republished 1930. https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ

TAB.502-504

https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA502

BWF. Bahá’í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1943. https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

BWF.352-353x

https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

TOR. Ford, Mary Hanford. The Oriental Rose or "The Shining Pathway". Baha’i Publishing Society, 1910. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029187164

TOR.205-208

https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029187164#page/n207/mode/2up

BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection

BSTW#145

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=86