Ocean of Lights

250 words

ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء هر چند شبانگاهست ولی صبحگاهی ملکوت الهی است یعنی

Translation:

Provisional translation

O ye merciful friends of Abdul Baha! Although it is night, yet it is the morn of the dawn of the divine Kingdom.... The ancient bestowal of the beauty of Abha is the companion of every pure heart

Publications (7)Translations (5)

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

MKT8.184b

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA8/ma8-184.html

MKT9.245

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/577.pdf#page=123

AKHA. Akhbár-i Amrí (mult. vols.). BPT Iran, 1922-1980. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_119BE #03-04 p.j

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

BSHN. Bisháratu'n-Núr. Bahá'í-Verlag, 140 B.E. (1^st edition) and 144 B.E. (2^nd edition). Prayers and Tablets relating to life after death. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/225.pdf (1^st edition). https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-04-fa/ (2^nd edition typescript) https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-05-fa/ (3^rd edition typescript)

BSHN.140.375

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-382.html

BSHN.144.370

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MHT1a. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 121 B.E. [1964]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf

MHT1a.188

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf#page=189

MHT1b. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973-4]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf

MHT1b.146

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf#page=146

DAS. Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914

DAS.1913-07-21

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=52

ABIE. Sohrab, Ahmad. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Egypt. New History Foundation, 1929. Based on DAS. https://afnanlibrary.org/abdul-baha-in-egypt (scanned), https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt (typed)

ABIE.094

http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_various p013x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_various.pdf

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#007

https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt

BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection

BSTW#110a

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=19