Ocean of Lights

210 words

ای نوش لب هر لبی که در ستایش و نیایش خداوند آفرینش بجنبش اید چون آب زندگانی

Translation:

Provisional translation

O thou sweet-lipped one! Every lip that moveth in praise and adoration of the Lord of Creation is as the water of life [3.5s]

Manuscripts (3)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

INBA13:359

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=180

INBA59:253

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v059/?page=255

INBA88:344b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=378

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#262 p.187

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-189.html

YARP. Yárán-i Pársí. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1998. Tablets to Bahá’ís of Zoroastrian background. YARP1 and YARP2 refer to the Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá sections, respectively. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/YP/

YARP2.199 p.189

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/YP/yp-195.html

PPAR. Píshgámán-i Pársí-Nizhád dar `Ahd-i Rasúlí. Canadan Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1999. Biographies of Zoroastrian Bahá’ís. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/ppar.pdf

PPAR.172

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/ppar.pdf#page=174