Ocean of Lights

130 words

ای افنان سدره منتهی و ای احبای جمال ابهی بیت مقدس و مطاف ملا اعلی را باید از

Translation:

Provisional translation

O Afnan of the Tree beyond which there is no passing and of the friends of the Blessed Beauty! Th e sacred House [of the Bab] and the point of adoration of the denizens of the Concourse on High must be protected

Manuscripts (2)Publications (1)Translations (1)

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

INBA87:277b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=279

INBA52:282a

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=284

KHAF. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Khándán-i-Afnán. BPT Iran, 1970. Family history. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/635.pdf

KHAF.217

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/635.pdf#page=217

GEN. Afnán, Mírzá Ḥabíbu’lláh (trans. Ahang Rabbani). The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs. Brill, 2008. Vol. 1 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. https://bahai-library.com/pdf/a/afnan_rabbani_genesis_faiths.pdf

GEN.314

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/a/afnan_rabbani_genesis_faiths.pdf