Ocean of Lights

130 words

ای بنده الهی آنچه بفرزند هوشمند مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید لهذا جواب

Translation:

Provisional translation

O servant of God! What thou didst write to thy wise child hath been considered, wherefore the response [3.5s]... ...One speck of chastity is greater than a hundred thousand years of worship and a sea of knowledge

Manuscripts (1)Publications (7)

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

INBA13:353

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=176

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

MKT1.450

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-449.html

MILAN. Mílání, ‘Alí Akbar. Majmu`ih-'i Mubárakih. Tehran, 1326 [1908]. Letters about the Constitutional Revolution. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/M-R/M/milani/milani.htm

MILAN.163a

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/M-R/M/milani/163.jpg

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_130BE #08 p.a

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

AKHA_108BE #04 p.4

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

AMK. Alváḥ, Munájáthá, va Khaṭábihá. n.p., 1907. Jellygraph of misc. Tablets, prayers and talks of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá chiefly in the hand of Ali-Akbar Milani

AMK.056-056

Not yet online

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

AVK3.428.11

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-432.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

MAS5.190

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS5/mas5-190.html