Ocean of Lights

11650 words

حمد مقدس از السن ممکنات و منزه از ذکر موجودات ساحت قدس سلطان قدمی را سزا است

Notes:

Extract published as SWB#72

Translation:

Provisional translation

Sanctified praise, transcendent above the tongues of all created things and hallowed beyond the mention of all beings, befitteth the sacred court of the Ancient King [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O Lord, my Best Beloved! Make me steadfast in Thy Cause and grant that I may be reckoned among those

Manuscripts (5)Publications (3)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

INBA38:192

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v038/?page=194

INBA66:131x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v066/?page=134

INBA77:013

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v077/?page=15

PR. Manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series (William McElwee Miller Collection). https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47

PR23.051b-052ax

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0246

BN. Manuscripts at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Listed by manuscrits Arabe number. Searchable here by shelfmark: https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/advancedSearch/

BN_suppl.1754.001-021

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100877777/f4.image

AQMJ2. Áthár-i Qalam-i A`lá: Majmú'iy-i-Munáját, vol. 2. BPT Iran, 134 B.E. [1971]. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MMQ2/

AQMJ2.146x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MMQ2/mmq2-147.html

UVM. Dávúdí, ‘Alí-Murád. Ulúhíyyat va Maẓharíyyat. Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1996. Vol. 1. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/AM/index.html

UVM.072.15x

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/AM/72

UVM.082.15x

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/AM/82

SWB. Selections from the Writings of the Báb. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1976. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/the-bab/selections- writings-bab/

SWB#72 (p.215-216x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/361415737