Ocean of Lights

390 words

ای احبای الهی این جهان ترابی و خاکدان فانی آشیان مرغ خاکیست و لانه خفاش

Translation:

Provisional translation

O ye beloved of God! This earthly world, this dusty ephemeral abode, is but the nest of terrestrial birds and the den of bats [3.5s]

Manuscripts (5)Publications (12)

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

INBA13:143

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=72

INBA17:096

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v017/?page=98

INBA55:408

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=410

INBA59:238

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v059/?page=240

INBA88:128b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=162

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#0474

http://www.bahai.org/r/504482479

MKT. Makátíb-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' (9 vols.). BPT Iran, 121 B.E.–135 B.E. [1965- 1978]. Full texts of Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; first three volumes originally published in Cairo in 1910, 1911 and 1921. Vols. 1-8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/, Vol. 9: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/577.pdf

MKT1.443

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-442.html

MILAN. Mílání, ‘Alí Akbar. Majmu`ih-'i Mubárakih. Tehran, 1326 [1908]. Letters about the Constitutional Revolution. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/M-R/M/milani/milani.htm

MILAN.182

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/M-R/M/milani/182.jpg

BSHN. Bisháratu'n-Núr. Bahá'í-Verlag, 140 B.E. (1^st edition) and 144 B.E. (2^nd edition). Prayers and Tablets relating to life after death. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/225.pdf (1^st edition). https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-04-fa/ (2^nd edition typescript) https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-05-fa/ (3^rd edition typescript)

BSHN.140.216

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-223.html

BSHN.140.372

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-379.html

BSHN.144.216

Not yet online

DWNP. Syed Mustafa Roumi, ed. The Dawn: A monthly Bahá'í journal of Burma. Sept. 1923 – May 1929. English and Persian sections cataloged separately. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/the-dawn-burma-vol-1-6/

DWNP_v5#11 p.004-005

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-5-burma-1927

MAS. Má'idiy-i Ásmání (8 vols.). BPT Iran, 129 B.E. Reprinted in 3 volumes by Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India 1984-1985 (new vol. 2, writings of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá, = old vols. 2, 5, 9; new vol. 3, writings of Shoghi Effendi, = old vols. 3, 6) and Mir’át 2005 (new vol. 1, writings of Bahá’u’lláh, = old vols. 1, 4, 7, 8). Vols. 1, 4, 7, 8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/; vols2. 2, 5, 9: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Vol. 9 exists in two different typesettings and paginations; this catalog uses the pagination contained in the BPT India reprint, which trails the online version by several pages

MAS5.073x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS5/mas5-73.html

MHT1a. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 121 B.E. [1964]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf

MHT1a.114

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf#page=115

MHT1b. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973-4]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf

MHT1b.072

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf#page=72

MHT2. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur, vol. 2. Bahá'í-Verlag, 144 B.E. [1981]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN

MHT2.162

Not yet online

YHA. Maḥmúdí, Húshang. Yád Dáshtháy dar bárih-yi Ḥaḍrat-i-‘Abdu’l-Bahá (2 vols.). BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973]. Notes on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf; Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf

YHA1.379x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf#page=381