Ocean of Lights

470 words

پروردگارا واشنگتونرا سعادت و شگون بخش آن خطه و دیار را بپرتو روی یاران

Translation:

Provisional translation

O Lord! Bestow prosperity and blessedness upon Washington; illumine that region and realm with the radiant light of Thy loved ones [3.5s]... ...As regards the seven qualities which thou hadst requested be enumerated, they are as follows.... truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of the human world... O Lord! Make this youth radiant, and confer Thy bounty

Publications (4)Translations (11)Musical interpretations (12)

BRL. “Bahá'í Reference Library”: Authoritative source of original texts and authorized translations, maintained and frequently updated and expanded by the Bahá’í World Centre. Subsections defined for this catalog: BRL_APBH (Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATBH (Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATE (Additional Tablets, Extracts, and Talks of Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_CHILD (Prayers and Tablets for Children), BRL_CONF2018 (Compilation for the 2018 Counsellor’s Conference), BRL_CONSULT (Consultation; original quotations here), BRL_CUHJ (Compilation on the Universal House of Justice; original language version COMP_CUHJP), BRL_CRISIS (Crisis and Victory), BRL_DA (Digar Alvah – Additional Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_DAK (Digar Alvah va Khitabat – Additional Tablets and talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_FAM (Family Life), BRL_FIRE (Selections from Fire and Light [=NANU]), BRL_IOA (Compilation on the Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith), BRL_IOPF (Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting), BRL_LSA (The Local Spiritual Assembly), BRL_MASHRIQ (The Institution of the Mashruqu’l-Adhkár; original quotations COMP_MASHRIQP), BRL_MEET (Bahá’í Meetings), BRL_PDL (Prayer and Devotional Life; original lquotations COMP_PDLP), BRL_PEACE (Peace; original quotations COMP_PEACEP), BRL_PMDA (Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude), BRL_SOCIAL (Compilation on Social Action), BRL_SCHOLAR (Compilation on Scholarship), BRL_TTT (Twelve Table Talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_SWO (To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages). Sequential numbering may be introduced based on order of entry. https://reference.bahai.org [legacy version with many additional texts]; https://www.bahai.org/library/

BRL_DAK#0186

http://www.bahai.org/r/739821650

HUV. Huva'lláh (2 vols.). BPT Iran, 132 B.E. Prayers for children by ‘Abdu’l- Bahá. Reprinted (with different ordering) by Century Press, 1991?. Catalog entries refer to Iran edition. Vol. 1 (Iran edition) https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/621.pdf. Vol. 1 (reprinted): https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H1; Vol. 2 (reprinted): https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H2

HUV2.008x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H2/h2-12.html

BNEP. Esslemont, John. Bahá'u'lláh va `Aṣr-i Jadíd. Beirut, 1997. Persian translation of BNE. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/68.pdf

BNEP.101bx

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/68.pdf#page=100

MMJA. Majmú`iy-i Munáját. Century Press, 1995. Prayers of Bahá’u’lláh

MMJA.030x

Not yet online

BRL_ATE#111x

http://www.bahai.org/r/386606693

BRL_CHILD#14x

https://www.bahai.org/r/460816625

BPRY. Bahá'í Prayers. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2002. Mult. editions. Standard prayer book. Catalog quotes from 2002 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/prayers/bahai-prayers/

BPRY.254x

http://www.bahai.org/r/369360843

TAB. Tablets of Abdul Baha Abbas (3 vols.). Baháí Publishing Society, 1909- 1916. Republished 1930. https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ

TAB.459-460

https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA459

BWF. Bahá’í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1943. https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

BWF.384-384x

https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

ADJ. Shoghi Effendi. The Advent of Divine Justice. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1939. Often reprinted; pagination follows the 1990 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/advent- divine-justice/1#862028771

ADJ.026x

http://www.bahai.org/r/293314070

COC. The Compilation of Compilations (3 vols.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991, 2000. Inventory refers to the continuous numbering of original publications, which is lost in the online version. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_1, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_2, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_3

COC#2052x

http://bahai-library.com/compilation_trustworthiness#2052

COC#2235x

http://bahai-library.com/compilation_youth#2235

BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

BSC.452 #828x

http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_various p012x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_various.pdf

BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection

BSTW#402x

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_401-450.pdf#page=2

Dawnbreaker Collective

https://dawnbreakercollective.bandcamp.com/track/youth

Moonshoes

https://youtu.be/qXRuI7SK-N0

P. Escobar

https://lakan.bandcamp.com/track/youth

Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America

https://youtu.be/7VY5leDDbeo

MANA

https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/truthfulness