Ocean of Lights

110 words

ای شمع حب اگر در زجاجه ملکوت ابهی شعله افروزی خواهی در این ناسوت ادنی

Translation:

Provisional translation

O candle of love! If thou wishest to be a kindled flame in the glass of the Abha Kingdom, strive with self-sacrifice in this nethermost realm

Manuscripts (1)Publications (3)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

INBA17:099

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v017/?page=101

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]

MMK3#254 p.182

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-184.html

HDQI. Ḥadíqiy-i `Irfán. Andalib board, 1994. Tablets printed in past issues of ‘Andalíb. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/667.pdf

HDQI.231

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/HI/hi-236.html

ANDA. ‘Andalíb (mult. vols.). Andalib board, 1981-2010. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2018 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/andalib/

ANDA#20 p.05

https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-20

ADMS. Personal web site of A. Masumian, with provisional translations and original texts. https://adibmasumian.com/translations/

ADMS#198

https://adibmasumian.com/translations/ab07461/