Ocean of Lights

4990 words

الحمد لله الذی تجلی باثر قلمه الاعلی علی من فی ملکوت الانشاء اذا نطق کل کلیل

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praised be God Who hath manifested through the influence of His Most Exalted Pen unto all who dwell in the kingdom of creation, whereupon every weary one hath spoken [3.5s]... ...Let not the happenings of the world sadden you. I swear by God! The sea of joy yearneth… Blessed is the spot, and the house… Regarding what ye had written as to the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s having been established… It is the binding command of God that in every locality whatever hath been or will be made available for the Ḥuqúqu’lláh should be submitted to His Holy Presence

Manuscripts (5)Publications (15)Translations (7)Musical interpretations (29)

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

INBA07:220

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v007/?page=112

INBA27:340

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba-v027/?page=171

INBA22:114

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v022/?page=58

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_Or15717.148

Not yet online

NLAI. Manuscripts held at the National Library and Archives of Iran, Tihran. https://www.nlai.ir/ Includes “BH1” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH1_.pdf), “BH2” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf), “BH3” = KB_622 (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH3_.pdf), “BH4” = KB_834 (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH4_.pdf), “BH_AB” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH_AB_misc.pdf), and “NLAI_22848” = KB_833 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/833.pdf)

NLAI_BH4.289-326

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH4_.pdf#page=289

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#175

http://www.bahai.org/r/508026363

BRL_HUQUQP#104x

http://www.bahai.org/r/111606542

COMP. Thematic compilations of extracts from the Bahá’í Writings prepared by the Research Department at the Bahá’í World Centre, in translation and/or original texts, but not available at the official Reference Library web site (BRL). Typically only otherwise unsourced excerpts (“From a Tablet”) will be cataloged. Includes COMP_DEFENCE (Defense of the Faith and the Use of Language) and its Persian/Arabic source (COMP_DEFENCEP), and the Persian/Arabic sources for the compilations on the Covenant (COMP_COVP), Family Life (COMP_FAMP), Peace (COMP_PEACEP), Prayer and Devotional Life (COMP_PDLP), Trustworthiness (COMP_TRUSTP), the Universal House of Justice (COMP_CUHJP), and Women (COMP_WOMENP)

COMP_MASHRIQP#04x

https://adibmasumian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/originals_mashriq_compilation.pdf

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

AVK3.017.06x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-21.html

AVK4.147.14x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-151.html

AVK4.239.11x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-243.html

AVK4.430x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-434.html

AVK4.432ax

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-436.html

AVK4.432bx

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-436.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

MAS4.213bx

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-213.html

RSR. Risáliy-i-Rawḥání. Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 2000. Letters of Bíbí Rawháníyyih Bushrú'í, including Tablets addressed to her. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/rsr.pdf

RSR.103-104x

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/rsr.pdf#page=99

RSR.135-136x

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/rsr.pdf#page=131

PYK. Rafati, Vahid. Payk-i Rástán. Asr-i-Jadid, 2005. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to Ismulláh al-Asdaq and family. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1484.pdf

PYK.060

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1484.pdf#page=77

MYD. ‘Alá’í, ‘Abdu’l-‘Alí. Mu'assisiy-i Ayádíy-i Amru'lláh. BPT Iran, 1974. Biographies of the Hands of the Cause. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/390.pdf

MYD.468x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/390.pdf#page=474

YMM. Rafati, Vahid. Yádnámiy-i Miṣbáḥ-i-Munír. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2006. Biography and notes of Abdi Misbah. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf

YMM.185x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=193

BRL_ATBH#44x

http://www.bahai.org/r/731249780

BRL_HUQUQ#104x

http://www.bahai.org/r/250833923

BRL_MASHRIQ#04x

http://www.bahai.org/r/228001893

COC. The Compilation of Compilations (3 vols.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991, 2000. Inventory refers to the continuous numbering of original publications, which is lost in the online version. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_1, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_2, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_3

COC#0818x

Not yet online

COC#1152x

Not yet online

ADJ. Shoghi Effendi. The Advent of Divine Justice. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1939. Often reprinted; pagination follows the 1990 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/advent- divine-justice/1#862028771

ADJ.082x

http://www.bahai.org/r/082213511

ADJ.083-084x

http://www.bahai.org/r/082213511

D. Deardorff [track 9]

https://9starmedia.com/william-sears-happy-ayyamiha

J. Heath [track 1]

https://9starmedia.com/jamey-heath-i-have-returned-to-thee

S. and S. Toloui-Wallace

https://youtu.be/UD8JxpCkVy0

The Humming Birds

https://thehummingbirdsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/blessed-is-the-spot