Ocean of Lights

110 words

ای شمع افروخته اگر شعله فانی زنی روشناایت دمیست و محفلت مشکاه پرغمی افروختنت

Translation:

Provisional translation

O kindled flame! Should thy blaze be transient, thy radiance would last but a breath, and thy gathering-place become a niche of sorrow through thy kindling [3.5s]

Persian (1)

#	Name		Source	Resources
#1	٨٢ - ای شمع افروخته		Source Persian	Resources

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

INBA84:313

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v084/?page=316

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]

MMK2#082 p.065

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-67.html

MHA. Maḥbúb-i `Álam. Canadan Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1992. Commemorative volume for the Holy Year 1992-93. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/663.pdf

MHA.000v

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/663.pdf#page=3