Ocean of Lights

330 words

ای فرع جلیل سدره مقدسه مبارکه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا در وقتیکه

Notes:

re construction of the Shrine of the Bab

Translation:

Official translation

O thou distinguished branch of the blessed and sacred Lote-Tree! When the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—would visit Haifa

Manuscripts (2)Publications (5)Translations (2)

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

INBA87:269b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=271

INBA52:273

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=275

NURA#08

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nur-i-afaq.pdf

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]

MMK4#059 p.067

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-70.html

HHA. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Ḥayát-i Ḥaḍrat-i `Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1994. Biography of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf

HHA.095

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf#page=104

DUR. Durr-i-Afshán (4 vols.). BPT Iran, 1944-1951. Journal. Deepening materials for women

DUR3.099

Not yet online

PZHN. Pazhúhish-Námih (6 vols.). Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 2004. Collected articles, supplement to Payám-i-Bahá'í. www.pazhuheshnameh.org (via archive.org)

PZHN v2#1 p.105

https://web.archive.org/web/20200108210031/http://pazhuheshnameh.org/fa/node/14

LOTW. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Haifa: Baha’I World Centre, 2020. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/light-of-the-world/

LOTW#08

http://www.bahai.org/r/286315933

GEN. Afnán, Mírzá Ḥabíbu’lláh (trans. Ahang Rabbani). The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs. Brill, 2008. Vol. 1 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. https://bahai-library.com/pdf/a/afnan_rabbani_genesis_faiths.pdf

GEN.323

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/a/afnan_rabbani_genesis_faiths.pdf