Ocean of Lights

260 words

ای شمعهای شبستان محبت الله الحمد لله ابواب فضل مفتوح و صدور اهل فتوح بایات

Translation:

Provisional translation

O ye candles in the nighttime sanctuary of God's love! Praise be unto God, the gates of bounty stand open, and the breasts of those with insight are adorned with signs [3.5s]

Manuscripts (1)Publications (3)

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

INBA85:142

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v085/?page=144

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

MKT8.229

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA8/ma8-229.html

MKT6.151b

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA6/ma6-151.html

TSS. Rastigar, Naṣrulláh. Kitáb-i-Táríkh-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Ṣadru's-Ṣudúr. BPT Iran, 104 B.E. [1947]. Biography of Ṣadru's-Ṣudúr. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/tss.pdf

TSS.177

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/tss.pdf#page=180