Ocean of Lights

120 words

ای ورقه مبارکه شجره رحمانیه هر چند سیصد فرسنگ دوری ولی در خاک پاک شیراز موطن

Translation:

Provisional translation

O blessed Leaf of the Tree of the Merciful! Though thou art three hundred leagues distant, yet in the hallowed soil of Shíráz lies thy native land [3.5s]

Manuscripts (1)Publications (2)

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

INBA84:501a

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v084/?page=504

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

KHAF.098

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/635.pdf#page=98

MATA. Shahídíyán, Amínulláh. Mansúbán-i-Ástán-i-Ṭal‘at-i-A‘lá (Khándán-i-Afnán). Private printing, 2009. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mansuban-i-astan-i-talat-i-ala.pdf

MATA.050-051

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mansuban-i-astan-i-talat-i-ala.pdf