Ocean of Lights

120 words

هو الله العزیز المتعال. فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی حینئذ ارید ان اذکرک بذکر المقدسين واسبّحک بتسبيح المقربين مع علم بانّ کلّ ذکر الذي يظهر من عند غيرک

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be to Thee, O my God! How oft have I wanted to mention you with the words of the saints and praise you with the praise of those who have drawn nigh, despite knowing that every mention appearing from someone other than You will not reach you

Manuscripts (1)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

INBA86:195-195

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v086/?page=197

KSHK. “Kashkul”. Blog with provisional translations by W. McCants. Aug. 2010- . http://www.kashkul.org/. Translations of several dozen brief Writings of the Báb are posted at http://www.kashkul.org/brief-writings- of-the-bab/ (accessible via archive.org)

KSHK.BWB

https://web.archive.org/web/20211026145946/http://www.kashkul.org/brief-writings-of-the-bab/