Ocean of Lights

130 words

ای تلامیذ دبستان حمد خدا را که در امتحان حسن استعداد و قابلیت ظاهر و عیان

Translation:

Provisional translation

O students of the school! Praise be to God that in your tests ye have manifested and demonstrated excellence of capacity and capability [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon Baha’í children to surpass other children in the acquisition of sciences and arts

Manuscripts (2)Publications (3)Translations (3)

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

INBA87:150b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v087/?page=152

INBA52:148a

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v052/?page=150

MMK. Muntakhabátí az Makátíb-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' (6 vols.). Bahá’í World Centre, 1979 and 1984; Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992-2005. Vol. 1 = SWAB; vol. 3: topics in divine philosophy; vol. 4: life and station of Bahá’u’lláh; vol. 5: life and station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; vol. 6: references to the Qur’án. Page images: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Typescripts: https://oceanoflights.org/table/abdul-baha-selections-writings01-fa/ [replace 01 in the url with other volume numbers through 06]

MMK1#119 p.137x

https://www.bahai.org/r/782457451

MJTB. Muntakhabátí az Áthár-i Mubárakih dar bárih yi-Ta'lím va Tarbíyat. BPT Iran, 1974. Compilation on education. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/mjtb.pdf

MJTB.075x

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/mjtb.pdf

HUV. Huva'lláh (2 vols.). BPT Iran, 132 B.E. Prayers for children by ‘Abdu’l- Bahá. Reprinted (with different ordering) by Century Press, 1991?. Catalog entries refer to Iran edition. Vol. 1 (Iran edition) https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/621.pdf. Vol. 1 (reprinted): https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H1; Vol. 2 (reprinted): https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H2

HUV2.027

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H2/h2-31.html

SWAB. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1978. Same as MMK1. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/abdul-baha/selections-writings-abdul-baha/

SWAB#119x

http://www.bahai.org/r/271596509

LOG. Hornby, Helen, ed. Lights of Guidance (1994 ed.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1994. http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance

LOG#0481x

http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance.html&chapter=2#n481

DAS. Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914

DAS.1914-10-26x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_13.pdf#page=41