Ocean of Lights

140 words

ای شیدای روی دلجوی حق این کره خاک آشیان مرغ خاکی و پرنده ظلمانیست لهذا

Translation:

Provisional translation

O ardent lover of the beauteous face of Truth! This earthen sphere is but a nest for earthbound birds and creatures of darkness; therefore [3.5s]

Manuscripts (1)Publications (8)

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

INBA85:546a

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v085/?page=548

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.140.433

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-440.html

BSHN.140.469

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-476.html

BSHN.144.427

Not yet online

BSHN.144.462

Not yet online

MHT1a. Muntakhabátí az Alváḥ va Áthár-i-Mubárakih: Maḥáfil-i Tadhakkur. BPT Iran, 121 B.E. [1964]. Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf

MHT1a.180

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/183.pdf#page=181

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 Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN.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.138

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf#page=138

MHT1b.185

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

DBR. Daváchí, Ghulám-Ḥusayn. Du Barádar-i Ruḥání. BPT Iran, 1971. Account of the lives of two brothers. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/630.pdf

DBR.035

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/630.pdf#page=38