Ocean of Lights

3680 words

الحمد لله الذی فتح باب العرفان بمفتاح البیان و انزل من سماء البرهان امطار

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be to God Who hath opened wide the portals of divine knowledge through the key of utterance, and hath caused to rain down from the heaven of proof the showers [3.5s]... ...upset the equilibrium of the world and revolutionized its ordered life

Manuscripts (3)Publications (3)Translations (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

INBA19:148

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v019/?page=77

INBA32:136

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v032/?page=71

INBA41:386x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v041/?page=388

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#121 p.140x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/559.pdf#page=141

ADM3#122 p.140x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/559.pdf#page=141

TSAY. Mohabbaty, Afshan. Taríkh-i-Saysán. Asr-i-Jadid, 2009. History of Saysan. Handwritten

TSAY.467x

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.004x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/666139111

ADJ.047x

http://www.bahai.org/r/293658406