Ocean of Lights

250 words

الهی انت تعلم حالی و تری تشتت شملی و تفرق جمعی و تلهف قلبی فی هجرانی من قربک

Translation:

Provisional translation

O my God! Thou knowest well my state and beholdest the scattering of my affairs, the dispersal of my gathering, and the yearning of my heart in separation from nearness unto Thee [3.5s]

Manuscripts (2)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

INBA87:171b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=173

INBA52:171

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=173

RHQM. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Raḥíq-i Makhtúm (2 vols.). Bahá'í- Verlag, 2007. Commentary on the “Lawḥ-i-Qarn” (101 B.E. Naw-Rúz message) of Shoghi Effendi. Entries in this catalog refer to three different editions respectively: BPT Iran 103 B.E., BPT Iran 130 B.E., Verlag 2007. 103 B.E. edition: Vol. 1, https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf; Vol. 2, https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/653.pdf

RHQM1.563-564 (689x) (422-423x)

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf#page=294

MAS. Má'idiy-i Ásmání (8 vols.). BPT Iran, 129 B.E. Reprinted in 3 volumes by Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India 1984-1985 (new vol. 2, writings of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá, = old vols. 2, 5, 9; new vol. 3, writings of Shoghi Effendi, = old vols. 3, 6) and Mir’át 2005 (new vol. 1, writings of Bahá’u’lláh, = old vols. 1, 4, 7, 8). Vols. 1, 4, 7, 8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/; vols2. 2, 5, 9: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Vol. 9 exists in two different typesettings and paginations; this catalog uses the pagination contained in the BPT India reprint, which trails the online version by several pages

MAS2.020x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-21.html

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.155-156x

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=153