Ocean of Lights

190 words

ای یادگار آن شخص محترم نامه مفصل شما بنهایت دقت قرائت گردید مضمون دلیل سرور

Translation:

Provisional translation

O cherished remnant of that honored soul! Your detailed letter was perused with utmost care, and its contents brought joy [3.5s]... ...Truly I say, the extreme desire of my heart and soul is to be present at the Court of Baha'u'llah, so that I may perfume my face and my locks with the dust of the Holy Threshold.

Publications (1)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]

MMK5#077 p.063

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA5/swa5-66.html

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.1913-07-15

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=32

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.069

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

MHMD2s. Masumian, Adib (trans.). Supplement to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Europe 1912-1913. n.p, 2024. https://bahai-library.com/supplement_abdul-baha_europe_1912-1913

MHMD2s.335x

https://bahai-library.com/supplement_abdul-baha_europe_1912-1913