Ocean of Lights

240 words

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل آنجناب ملاحظه گردید هر چند از عنوان حصول احزان شد

Translation:

Provisional translation

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was perused, and although its contents brought sadness [3.5s]... ...You had written about the Day of Declaration of His Holiness the Exalted One – may My soul be a sacrifice unto Him, which is mentioned in Questions and Answers.

Publications (4)Translations (1)

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#0059

http://www.bahai.org/r/177541019

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK4.015.03x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-19.html

MAS. Má'idiy-i Ásmání (8 vols.). BPT Iran, 129 B.E. Reprinted in 3 volumes by Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India 1984-1985 (new vol. 2, writings of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá, = old vols. 2, 5, 9; new vol. 3, writings of Shoghi Effendi, = old vols. 3, 6) and Mir’át 2005 (new vol. 1, writings of Bahá’u’lláh, = old vols. 1, 4, 7, 8). Vols. 1, 4, 7, 8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/; vols2. 2, 5, 9: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Vol. 9 exists in two different typesettings and paginations; this catalog uses the pagination contained in the BPT India reprint, which trails the online version by several pages

MAS2.085x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-86.html

GHA. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ganjínih-yi Ḥudúd va Aḥkám. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1980. Elucidation and commentary on laws and ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/63.pdf

GHA.426bx

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/GHA/gha-435.html

RKS. Shahídí, Khalíl. A Lifetime with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Reminiscences of Khalíl Shahídí (Ahang Rabbani trans.). Vol. 9 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. n.p., 2008. https://bahai-library.com/rabbani_reminiscences_khalil_shahidi

RKS.149x

http://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_reminiscences_khalil_shahidi.pdf#page=158