Ocean of Lights

250 words

ای یاران عبدالبهاء یاران جسمانی مارانند زیرا هر محبتی که لله نباشد عاقبت

Translation:

Provisional translation

O ye friends of Abdul Baha! Material friendship is not permanent; for every kind of love which is not purely for the sake of God is ended in hatred.

Publications (5)Translations (4)

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]

MMK3#286 p.208

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-210.html

MJMJ. Majmú`iy-i Munáját (3 vols.). BPT Iran, 1970. Prayers of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá. Vol. 1 not same as https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA1=MJH; Vol. 2: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA2/; Vol. 3: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA3/

MJMJ3.079ax

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA3/mma3-81.html

MMG. Majmú`iy-i Munájáthá. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992 (1^st ed.), 2001 (2^nd ed.), 2009 (3^rd ed.). Standard book of prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Reprinted with additional prayers and reordered, 2009. Numbering and pagination in this catalog refers to the 1992 (MMG1), 2001 (MMG2) or 2009 (MMG3) edition; page images link to the 2001 edition at https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA

MMG2#011 p.010x

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-13.html

YHA. Maḥmúdí, Húshang. Yád Dáshtháy dar bárih-yi Ḥaḍrat-i-‘Abdu’l-Bahá (2 vols.). BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973]. Notes on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf; Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf

YHA2.999-1000x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf#page=456

NJB. Najm-i Bákhtar (mult. vols.). George Ronald, 1978. Persian pages from Star of the West (1910-1935). https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1412.pdf and https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol4/starwest/starwest.htm

NJB_v04#15 p.003x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15

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.1913-07-16

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=35

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_v08#11 p.141-142x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_11

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.072

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

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