Ocean of Lights

310 words

ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد اطلعت بمضمون الکتاب و عرفت فحوی الخطاب و حمدت

Translation:

Provisional translation

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I noted the contents of thine epistle and the purpose of thy call… Thou hast asked the detail in relation to the 12th Imam

Publications (7)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#1065

https://www.bahai.org/r/435758691

TZH. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Táríkh-i Ẓuhúr al-Ḥaqq (9 vols.). Vols. 3 and 8 published in Iran 1941/42 and 1975/76; vols. 3 and 4 republished 2008 and 2011 by Bahá’í-Verlag. Encyclopedic history of the Faith. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/index/diglib/mazand1.htm (ms images) and https://oceanoflights.org/chapter/historical-works-fa (typed volumes)

TZH8.0571

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol5/tzh8a/TZHVol8a.pdf#page=573

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

MSBH1.406

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/247.pdf#page=201

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

MUH2.0833

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/285.pdf#page=93

YMM. Rafati, Vahid. Yádnámiy-i Miṣbáḥ-i-Munír. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2006. Biography and notes of Abdi Misbah. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf

YMM.165x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=173

YMM.411x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=419

NSS. Rafati, Vahid. Nasím-i-Saḥarí. Bahá'í-Verlag, 171 B.E. [2014]. Shaykhí concepts in the Bábí and Bahá’í Writings. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf

NSS.162-163

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=160

KFPT. “Khazeh Fananapazir: Provisional Translations”. Personal web site (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/20150127162047/http://fananapazir.co.nr/translations.html

KFPT#03.4x

https://web.archive.org/web/20160308184005/http://fananapazir.co.nr/sixtranslations.html