Ocean of Lights

360 words

ای فرع جلیل سدره مبارکه اریاح مخالف سراج میثاق را احاطه نموده است و امواج نقض ... امر عظیم است عظیم و مقاومت و مهاجمهٴ جمیع ملل

Translation:

Provisional translation

O noble branch of the Blessed Tree! The winds of opposition have surrounded the Lamp of the Covenant, and the waves of violation [3.5s]... ...How great, how very great is the Cause! How very fierce the onslaught of all the peoples and kindreds of the earth.

Manuscripts (1)Publications (3)Translations (7)

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

INBA88:208

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=242

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK4.478cx

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-482.html

PYB. Payám-i Bahá'í. Beausoleil, France: Mahfil-i Ruhání-i Millí-i Faránsah Bará-yi Bahá’íyán, 1979- . Periodical journal. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/diglib/Periodicals/Payam_i_Bahai/Payam-i_Bahai.htm

PYB#224 p.41

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/Periodicals/Payam_i_Bahai/224.PDF#page=41

RAHA. Davúdí, ‘Ali-Murád. Raháyí. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2010. Collected works, compiled and edited by Vahid Rafati. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/raha.pdf

RAHA.130-131

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/raha.pdf#page=134

BADM. Shoghi Effendi. Bahá’í Administration. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1928. Reprinted several times. Pagination refers to the 1974 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/bahai- administration/

BADM.123x

http://www.bahai.org/r/537618839

GPB. Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1944. History of the first century of the Bahá’í Faith. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/god- passes-by/

GPB.354-355x

http://www.bahai.org/r/506883153

WOB. Shoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1938. Pagination refers to 1991 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/world- order-bahaullah/

WOB.017x

Not yet online

COC. The Compilation of Compilations (3 vols.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991, 2000. Inventory refers to the continuous numbering of original publications, which is lost in the online version. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_1, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_2, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_3

COC#1531x

http://bahai-library.com/compilation_opposition#1531

COC#1681x

Not yet online

DWN. 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/

DWN_v6#03 p.001x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-6-burma-1928

ABCC. Balyuzi, H.M. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh. George Ronald, 1992. Biography. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf

ABCC.111x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=141