Ocean of Lights

340 words

ای نیر افق ذکر و ثنا و ای سینا منور بشعله هدی این چه نغمه جانسوز بود که در قلوب

Translation:

Provisional translation

O daystar of remembrance and praise, and O mountain who art illumined with the flame of guidance! What a poignant melody was this that kindled a fire in the hearts

Publications (5)Translations (1)

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#1058

https://www.bahai.org/r/751749395

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

MKT1.424

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-423.html

TSHA. Malik-Khusraví, Muḥammad 'Alí. Táríkh-i-Shuhadá-yi-Amr (3 vols). BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973]. History of the martyrs. Vol. 1: https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/malikkhusravi/shuhadi/Shuhadi_1.pdf; Vol. 2: https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/malikkhusravi/shuhadi/Shuhadi_2.pdf

TSHA3.526

https://adibmasumian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tsha3.pdf#page=534

MSBH. Sulaymání, ‘Azízu’lláh. Maṣábíḥ-i Hidáyat (10 vols.). BPT Iran, mult. dates (106-132 B.E.). Vols. 1 and 2 exist in two editions. Biographies of prominent early believers. Digitally reprinted in 2018 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/masabih-i-hidayat; vol. 10 at https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/sulayman/masabih10/Masabih_Hidayat_v10.pdf

MSBH1.333

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/247.pdf#page=164

MUH. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Muḥáḍirát (3 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1987 and 2009, vols. 1-2 reprinted from 121 B.E. BPT Iran edition. Conversations on various subjects. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/284.pdf, vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/285.pdf, vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/286.pdf

MUH2.0791

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/285.pdf#page=89

ADMS. Personal web site of A. Masumian, with provisional translations and original texts. https://adibmasumian.com/translations/

ADMS#317

https://adibmasumian.com/translations/ab01341/