Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

160 words

Question:

How can one understand the object of his life?

Notes:

For comments on authenticity see https://bahai-library.com/uhj_authenticity_refresh_spirit

Translation:

Provisional translation

There are two kinds of understanding; objective and subjective... O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit.... Beg everything thou desirest from Baha'o'llah. If thou art asking faith, ask of Him.

Translations (8)Musical interpretations (24)

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.174-175x

Not yet online

DAS. Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914

DAS.1914-05-09

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=107

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_v07#18 p.179x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18

SW_v09#09 p.104x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_9

SW_v13#09 p.251-252x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_9

DWN. Syed Mustafa Roumi, ed. The Dawn: A monthly Bahá'í journal of Burma. Sept. 1923 – May 1929. English and Persian sections cataloged separately. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/the-dawn-burma-vol-1-6/

DWN_v3#05 p.031x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-3-burma-1925

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_1914 p002

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1914.pdf#page=2

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#318

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=26

The Badasht Project

https://badasht.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-gladden

D. Gundry

https://music.devongundry.com/track/refrenergy

A. Youssefi

https://music.aliyoussefi.com/track/tamba

P. Escobar

https://lakan.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-gladden-cover-of-jb-eckl

L. Slott

https://lukeslott.bandcamp.com/track/refresh-and-gladden-my-spirit