Ocean of Lights

210 words

ای مشتاقان جمال دلبر مهربان معشوق عالمیان و محبوب روحانیان و مقصود ربانیان و

Translation:

Official translation

O ye who yearn for the beauty of the compassionate Beloved! No sooner had He Who is the Beloved of the worlds, the Desire of the spiritually minded

Manuscripts (2)Publications (3)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

INBA87:262b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=264

INBA52:266

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=268

NURA#24

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nur-i-afaq.pdf

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

MKT2.267

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA2/ma2-267.html

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#030 p.029

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-32.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#24

http://www.bahai.org/r/695600596