Ocean of Lights

160 words

ای دلبر آفاق شکر ترا که دیده بدیدارت روشن گردید و دل و جان از نفحات قدست غبطه

Translation:

Provisional translation

O Beloved of the horizons! Thanks be unto Thee, that the eye hath been illumined by beholding Thy countenance, and heart and soul are transported by the sweet fragrances of Thy sanctity [3.5s]

Publications (9)

BRL. “Bahá'í Reference Library”: Authoritative source of original texts and authorized translations, maintained and frequently updated and expanded by the Bahá’í World Centre. Subsections defined for this catalog: BRL_APBH (Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATBH (Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATE (Additional Tablets, Extracts, and Talks of Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_CHILD (Prayers and Tablets for Children), BRL_CONF2018 (Compilation for the 2018 Counsellor’s Conference), BRL_CONSULT (Consultation; original quotations here), BRL_CUHJ (Compilation on the Universal House of Justice; original language version COMP_CUHJP), BRL_CRISIS (Crisis and Victory), BRL_DA (Digar Alvah – Additional Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_DAK (Digar Alvah va Khitabat – Additional Tablets and talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_FAM (Family Life), BRL_FIRE (Selections from Fire and Light [=NANU]), BRL_IOA (Compilation on the Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith), BRL_IOPF (Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting), BRL_LSA (The Local Spiritual Assembly), BRL_MASHRIQ (The Institution of the Mashruqu’l-Adhkár; original quotations COMP_MASHRIQP), BRL_MEET (Bahá’í Meetings), BRL_PDL (Prayer and Devotional Life; original lquotations COMP_PDLP), BRL_PEACE (Peace; original quotations COMP_PEACEP), BRL_PMDA (Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude), BRL_SOCIAL (Compilation on Social Action), BRL_SCHOLAR (Compilation on Scholarship), BRL_TTT (Twelve Table Talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_SWO (To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages). Sequential numbering may be introduced based on order of entry. https://reference.bahai.org [legacy version with many additional texts]; https://www.bahai.org/library/

BRL_DAK#0488

http://www.bahai.org/r/559339194

AKHA. Akhbár-i Amrí (mult. vols.). BPT Iran, 1922-1980. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_123BE #04 p.b

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_133BE #11 p.255

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

BSHN. Bisháratu'n-Núr. Bahá'í-Verlag, 140 B.E. (1^st edition) and 144 B.E. (2^nd edition). Prayers and Tablets relating to life after death. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/225.pdf (1^st edition). https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-04-fa/ (2^nd edition typescript) https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-05-fa/ (3^rd edition typescript)

BSHN.140.463

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-470.html

BSHN.144.457

Not yet online

ADH. Adhkár al-Muqarrabín (2 vols., vol. 2 in two different editions). BPT Iran, 1959. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh (vol. 1) and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (vol. 2); vol. 2 superseded by MMG

ADH2_2#24 p.134

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf

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/

MJMJ2.047

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA2/mma2-48.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#151 p.169

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-172.html

MHT1b. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973-4]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf

MHT1b.186

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf#page=186