Ocean of Lights

120 words

ای بحر پر موج موجی برآر که باوج ملا اعلی رسد و طوفانی کن که فیضانش شرق و غرب

Translation:

Provisional translation

O surging sea, raise up a wave that shall reach the highest summit of the Supreme Concourse, and create such a tempest that its flood shall encompass both East and West [3.5s]

Manuscripts (1)Publications (5)

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

INBA85:102

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v085/?page=104

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

MKT9.038

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/577.pdf#page=20

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_129BE #04 p.a

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

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.140.415

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-422.html

BSHN.144.409

Not yet online

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 Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN.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.243

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf#page=243