Ocean of Lights

13240 words

امروز حفیف سدره منتهی مرتفع و آفتاب بیان از افق سماء معانی مشرق و لائح صراط

Translation:

Provisional translation

In this day the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree hath been raised up, and the Sun of Utterance hath dawned and shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of inner meanings, and the Path hath been made manifest [3.5s]... ...The days of the Manifestations of God have, in one sense, been referred to as the Day of God. Yet these days, as they are mentioned in all the Holy Books… How can I choose to sleep, O God, my God, when the eyes of them that long for Thee are wakeful... I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left my home trusting wholly in Thee... This, Thy servant, seeketh to sleep in the shelter of Thy mercy... I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God

Manuscripts (4)Publications (7)Translations (1)Musical interpretations (26)Notes (2)

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

INBA61:061x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v061/?page=64

INBA30:115x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v030/?page=62

INBA41:018x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v041/?page=20

BLIB. Manuscripts in the British Library, London, listed by Or number. For a handlist of works of the Báb see Chapter 25 of https://archive.org/details/descriptivelisto00brituoft/page/n3. Regarding manuscripts in the series Or16590 through Or15740, which together comprise half of all known works of Bahá’u’lláh, including some 4,000 items which are uniquely accessible in this series: These were the bequest of a descendent of the family of Bahá’u’lláh; were mostly transcribed by Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, and are likely to have been derived in part from the two stolen satchels of Bahá’u’lláh’s papers mentioned in GPB p.249 and MMK4#189 p.276. While included here owing to their importance, their degree of fidelity to the originals has not yet been ascertained

BLIB_Or15717.018

Not yet online

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_DA#686

https://www.bahai.org/r/757545811

ADM. Ad`íyyih Mubárakih (3 vols.). Editora Baha’i - Brazil, 2003. Prayers of Bahá’u’lláh. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/557.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/558.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/559.pdf

ADM3#088 p.102x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/559.pdf#page=103

ADM3#089 p.103x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/559.pdf#page=104

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK3.343.10x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-347.html

UAB. Uṣúl-i `Aqáyid-i Bahá'íyán. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1983. Basic principles of the Bahá’í Faith. http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf

UAB.030cx

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=17

MAS. Má'idiy-i Ásmání (8 vols.). BPT Iran, 129 B.E. Reprinted in 3 volumes by Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India 1984-1985 (new vol. 2, writings of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá, = old vols. 2, 5, 9; new vol. 3, writings of Shoghi Effendi, = old vols. 3, 6) and Mir’át 2005 (new vol. 1, writings of Bahá’u’lláh, = old vols. 1, 4, 7, 8). Vols. 1, 4, 7, 8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/; vols2. 2, 5, 9: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Vol. 9 exists in two different typesettings and paginations; this catalog uses the pagination contained in the BPT India reprint, which trails the online version by several pages

MAS4.154x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-154.html

BSHA. Bishárat-i `Uẓmá. BPT Iran, 1957. Prayer book, containing the obligatory prayers

BSHA.055x

Not yet online

ADMS. Personal web site of A. Masumian, with provisional translations and original texts. https://adibmasumian.com/translations/

ADMS#040x

https://adibmasumian.com/translations/bahaullah-varqa-letters-living-manifestations/

MJ Cyr

https://mjcyr.bandcamp.com/track/canopy

J. Lenz [track 2]

https://9starmedia.com/jack-lenz-we-are-bahais

A. Wensbo

https://wensbomusic.com/track/morning-prayer

Nabilinho

https://youtu.be/Q6YmC6V6U24

Nabilinho

https://youtu.be/SpvdfmzOFZw

D. Gundry

https://music.devongundry.com/track/words-for-waking

M. Sparrow

https://munirihsparrow.bandcamp.com/track/morning-prayer

The Descendants

https://descendants.bandcamp.com/track/thy-shelter-morning-prayer

M. Saraswati

https://meisaraswati.bandcamp.com/track/morning-light-prayer

Honiara Baha'i Youth

https://store.audio.grlpro.com/track/waken-in-thy-shelter

The Bird & The Butterfly

https://thebirdandthebutterfly.bandcamp.com/track/morning-prayer

O. Devine

https://oisindevine.bandcamp.com/track/awakened

Soulrise Melodies

https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/i-have-wakened

S. Sunderland

https://serenesunderland.bandcamp.com/track/awakened-3

Gyenyame

https://gyenyame.bandcamp.com/track/shelter

G.H. Miller (1)

https://youtu.be/KILqhMHjSxU

G.H. Miller (2)

https://youtu.be/BzpZ9D-_nPI

T. Ellis

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

almunajat.com [items 3, 4, 10, 13]

https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_2.htm

C. Signori

https://hambredesentido.bandcamp.com/track/esta-ma-ana

T. Ellis

https://dawnbreakercollective.bandcamp.com/track/prayers-like-shoes-2

K. Porray

https://soundcloud.com/katyporray/3-thou-art-he

K. Porray

https://soundcloud.com/katyporray/morning-prayer

Refuge

https://refugemusic.bandcamp.com/track/evening-prayer-iltarukous

Nabil and Karim

https://youtu.be/UTj1SjgZaq0

E. Mahony

https://music.elikamahony.com/track/i-have-risen-this-morning

LL. “The Leiden List of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh”. Sen McGlinn, ed. Index of ~500 Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. This catalog references the March 1999 version: https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai- library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html

LL#262

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#262

LL#509

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#509