Ocean of Lights

200 words

عاشقان خلعت هستی از بر افکنند و قبای سرخی از خون شهادت در بر کنند عارفان ردای

Translation:

Provisional translation

The lovers cast off the garment of existence and don the crimson robe dyed in the blood of martyrdom... O my friend! The undying Fire which the Lord of the Kingdom hath kindled in the midst of the holy Tree is burning fiercely in the midmost heart of the world.

Publications (3)Translations (6)

SFI. Safíniy-i-`Irfán. Asr-i-Jadid, 1998-2020 (22 vols.). Papers presented in Persian at Irfán colloquia. http://irfancolloquia.org/publications/ (index only); https://oceanoflights.org/table/Collections-Publications-02-fa/

SFI11.024-025

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Publications-02_11.pdf#page=24

MUH. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Muḥáḍirát (3 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1987 and 2009, vols. 1-2 reprinted from 121 B.E. BPT Iran edition. Conversations on various subjects. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/284.pdf, vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/285.pdf, vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/286.pdf

MUH1.0175x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/284.pdf#page=27

YQAZ. Ashraf, Farámarz. Yárán-i-Qazvín: Munjadhibán-i-Jamál-i-Mubín. Private Printing, 2016. History of the Faith in Qazvín. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/yaran-i-qazvin_munjadhiban-i-jamal-i-mubin.pdf

YQAZ.227-228x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/yaran-i-qazvin_munjadhiban-i-jamal-i-mubin.pdf

TAB. Tablets of Abdul Baha Abbas (3 vols.). Baháí Publishing Society, 1909- 1916. Republished 1930. https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ

TAB.405-406x

https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA405

BWF. Bahá’í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1943. https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

BWF.354-354x

https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

WOB. Shoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1938. Pagination refers to 1991 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/world- order-bahaullah/

WOB.111-112x

http://www.bahai.org/r/735680299

BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

BSC.491 #943x

http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

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#070x

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=51

ADMS. Personal web site of A. Masumian, with provisional translations and original texts. https://adibmasumian.com/translations/

ADMS#323

https://adibmasumian.com/translations/ab03550/