Ocean of Lights

120 words

ای اماء رحمن شکر کنید جمال قدم را که در این قرن اعظم و عصر منور محشور شدید

Translation:

Official translation

O handmaids of the Merciful! Render ye thanks unto the Ancient Beauty that ye have been raised up and gathered together

Manuscripts (1)Publications (5)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

INBA13:257a

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=128

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#096 p.122

https://www.bahai.org/r/142468882

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_103BE #07 p.04

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

AKHB. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Akhláq-i Bahá'í. BPT Iran, 128 B.E. [1971]. Bahá'í morals and living the life. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/436.pdf

AKHB.212

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/436.pdf#page=110

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.090

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

DUR. Durr-i-Afshán (4 vols.). BPT Iran, 1944-1951. Journal. Deepening materials for women

DUR1.562

Not yet online

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#096

http://www.bahai.org/r/428764471