Ocean of Lights

5110 words

الحمد لله الشکر لاولیائه و الثناء لاصفیائه الذین مابدلوا نعمته و قاموا علی خدمته و انفقوا

Notes:

Shares with BH00433 a passage on the soul after death, beginning: "Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God"

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be unto God! Thanks be unto His loved ones, and glory unto His chosen ones who have not altered His bounty, who have arisen to serve Him, and who have given freely [3.5s]

Manuscripts (3)Publications (13)

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

INBA15:110

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v015/?page=56

INBA26:111

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v026/?page=57

UMich. Manuscripts held at the University of Michigan Libraries and hosted by HathiTrust.
Ms 962 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131432. Ms 968 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131499. Ms 991 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131788

UMich962.156x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf

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#573

http://www.bahai.org/r/557338943

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

AVK1.277x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-302.html

AVK1.283x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-308.html

AVK1.297.07x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-322.html

AVK1.123.02x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-148.html

GHA. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ganjínih-yi Ḥudúd va Aḥkám. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1980. Elucidation and commentary on laws and ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/63.pdf

GHA.321.10x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/GHA/gha-330.html

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

MAS4.018bx

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-18.html

MAS4.020x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-20.html

MAS4.100bx

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-100.html

MAS8.189ax

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS8/mas8-189.html

AKHA. Akhbár-i Amrí (mult. vols.). BPT Iran, 1922-1980. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_125BE #05 p.ax

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_131BE #06 p.ax

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

MSBH. Sulaymání, ‘Azízu’lláh. Maṣábíḥ-i Hidáyat (10 vols.). BPT Iran, mult. dates (106-132 B.E.). Vols. 1 and 2 exist in two editions. Biographies of prominent early believers. Digitally reprinted in 2018 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/masabih-i-hidayat; vol. 10 at https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/sulayman/masabih10/Masabih_Hidayat_v10.pdf

MSBH3.151x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/sulaymani_masabih-i-hidayat_vol_3/?page=76