Ocean of Lights

60 words

ای شمع افروخته اگرچه افروختن خوش است ولکن سوختن خوشتر چه که در این سوختن جان

Translation:

Provisional translation

O Lighted Candle! Though enkindlement be sweet, yet sweeter still is consuming oneself, for in this burning lies the soul [3.5s]

Manuscripts (1)Publications (3)

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

INBA85:099a

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v085/?page=101

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.140.359

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-366.html

BSHN.144.357

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 Prayers and Tablets for memorial gatherings, superseded by BSHN.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.242b

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/185.pdf#page=242