Ocean of Lights

300 words

ان النیر الاعظم المتلئلا علی آفاق الامم قد غاب عن مشرق العالم و یلوح و یضی ء

Translation:

Official translation

The world's great Light, once resplendent upon all mankind, hath set, to shine everlastingly from the Abha horizon

English (1)

Persian (1)

#	Name		Source	Resources
#1	The world’s great Light, once resplendent upon all…		Source English	Resources

#	Name		Source	Resources
#1	انّ النّيّر الأعظم المتلئلأ علی آفاق الأمم قد غاب عن…		Source Persian	Resources

Manuscripts (1)Publications (6)Translations (8)

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

INBA88:317

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=351

MNMK. Min Makátíb-i-`Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Brazil, 1982. Collection of Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/

MNMK#041 p.127

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-125.html

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]

MMK1#005 p.015

https://www.bahai.org/r/525300030

AYBY. Áyát-i-Bayyinát. Dundas, Canada: Association for Bahá’í Studies in Persian, 1999. Tablets to Samandar, Nabíl ibn-i-Nabíl, and their families. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/386.pdf

AYBY.323 #001

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AB/ab-332.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.053

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/634.pdf#page=62

MHA. Maḥbúb-i `Álam. Canadan Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1992. Commemorative volume for the Holy Year 1992-93. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/663.pdf

MHA.525c

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/663.pdf#page=528

KHML. Málmírí, Táhir. Kháṭirát-i Málmírí. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992. Memoirs. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/662.pdf

KHML.245-250

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/662.pdf#page=249

SWAB. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1978. Same as MMK1. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/abdul-baha/selections-writings-abdul-baha/

SWAB#005

http://www.bahai.org/r/697242713

BWF. Bahá’í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1943. https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

BWF.349-350

https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v14#12 p.356-357

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_12

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_v1#06 p.001-002

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923

DWN_v6#09 p.002ax

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.048-049

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=78

CHH. Lady Blomfield. The Chosen Highway. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1954. https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway

CHH.111

https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PN#022

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