Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-28

260 words

انسان در متعالی ترین شکل نیایش خود فقط به منظور ابراز عشق و محبت به حضرت

Notes:

"Our Lord's words at dinner". Persian text is translated from the English

Translation:

Provisional translation

Man becomes like a stone unless he continually supplicates to God. The heart of man is like a mirror... There are many subjects which are difficult for man to solve... In the highest prayer... When a man falls in love with a human being

Publications (1)Translations (13)Musical interpretations (1)

COMP. Thematic compilations of extracts from the Bahá’í Writings prepared by the Research Department at the Bahá’í World Centre, in translation and/or original texts, but not available at the official Reference Library web site (BRL). Typically only otherwise unsourced excerpts (“From a Tablet”) will be cataloged. Includes COMP_DEFENCE (Defense of the Faith and the Use of Language) and its Persian/Arabic source (COMP_DEFENCEP), and the Persian/Arabic sources for the compilations on the Covenant (COMP_COVP), Family Life (COMP_FAMP), Peace (COMP_PEACEP), Prayer and Devotional Life (COMP_PDLP), Trustworthiness (COMP_TRUSTP), the Universal House of Justice (COMP_CUHJP), and Women (COMP_WOMENP)

COMP_PDLP#28x

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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_PDL#28x

http://www.bahai.org/r/687324322

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#1756x

http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prayer_meditation_devotion#1756

LOG. Hornby, Helen, ed. Lights of Guidance (1994 ed.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1994. http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance

LOG#1512x

http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1512

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v08#04 p.042-043x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4

SW_v14#06 p.167x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6

AELT. Phelps, Myron. Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1903. Republished 1912 with different pagination. 1903 edition: https://archive.org/stream/lifeteachingsofa00phel. 1912 edition: https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf. Catalog pagination follows 1912 edition

AELT.216-217x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf#page=263

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_1900 p023

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=23

PN_1900 p053

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=53

PN_1900 p124

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900.pdf#page=124

PN_1900_heh p009

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1900_heh.pdf#page=9

BNE. Esslemont, John. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. Standard introduction to the Bahá’í Faith, commissioned by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Mult. editions, catalog refers to 1980 pagination. https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298

BNE.095x

https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298

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#169e

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_151-200.pdf#page=34

BSTW#326x

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=37

MANA

https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-highest-prayer