Ocean of Lights

160 words

ای یاران دیرین و دوستان ثابت مستقیم حضرت اسفندیار شهد شهادت را در راه

Translation:

Provisional translation

O ye ancient companions and firm, steadfast friends! His Honour Isfandiyár hath tasted the honeyed cup of martyrdom in the path [3.5s]

Manuscripts (1)Publications (5)

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

INBA13:257b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=128

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

MKT1.466

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-465.html

ALPA. Majmú`iy-i Alváḥ-i Mubárakih bi-Iftikhár-i Bahá'íyán-i Pársí. BPT Iran, 1976. Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha to Parsee believers. Superseded by YARP. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/544.pdf

ALPA.013

Not yet online

ALPA.061b

Not yet online

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/

YARP2.015 p.072

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/YP/yp-78.html

RMT. Muhandis ‘Ináyat Khudá Sifídvash. Alváḥ Raqá’im va Madárik-i-Taríkhí Marbúṭ bih Dawrán-i-Ḥayát-i-Arbáb Síyávash Sifídvash. n.p., 1997. Biographical materials; contains many facsimiles of original Tablets. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/alvah_raqaim_va_madarik-i-tarikhi_marbut_bih_dawran-i-hayat-i-arbab_siyavash_sifidvash.pdf

RMT.214-215

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/alvah_raqaim_va_madarik-i-tarikhi_marbut_bih_dawran-i-hayat-i-arbab_siyavash_sifidvash.pdf