Ocean of Lights

270 words

اگر چه شمس حقیقت بظاهر بغمام غیبت مجلل لکن چون بچشم بینا نگری و گوش شنوا

Translation:

Official translation

Although the Sun of Truth may outwardly be veiled by the clouds of concealment, were one to look with a perceiving eye

Manuscripts (3)Publications (2)Translations (1)

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

INBA55:105

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=107

INBA87:475

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=477

INBA52:495

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=497

NURA#43

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#126 p.131

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-134.html

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#43

http://www.bahai.org/r/661730194