Ocean of Lights

Commentary on a verse from Sa'di

2530 words

آنچه از معنی بیت در آیات الهی نازل و از افق سماء حقیقت مشرق همان تمام است و

Translation:

Provisional translation

The intent of the poet in these verses, "The Friend is closer to me that I am to myself

Manuscripts (4)Publications (14)Translations (11)Musical interpretations (2)Notes (4)

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_Or11096#006

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15722.022

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_BH3.097

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH3_.pdf#page=97

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.1754.042-047

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100877777/f45.image

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#034

http://www.bahai.org/r/250721032

GWBP. Muntakhabátí-az-Áthár-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Bahá’u’lláh. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2006. Persian/Arabic edition of GWB. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/gleanings- writings-bahaullah/ and https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/15.pdf

GWBP#093 p.122bx

http://www.bahai.org/r/708286813

GWBP#161 p.218x

http://www.bahai.org/r/257092556

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

AVK3.105.13x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-109.html

AVK3.465.02x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-469.html

KHSH. Khúshihá'í az Kharman-i Adab va Hunar. Vols. 1-7: Anjuman-i-Adab, 1990-1996. Vols 8-20: Asr-i-Jadid, 1997- . Collected articles -- Seminar proceedings of the Society for Persian Arts and Letters. https://bahai-library.com/khushih-hai_kharman_adab_honar

KHSH01.054

https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_1

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

MAS1.057x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS1/mas1-57.html

ASAT. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Asráru’l-Áthár (5 vols.). BPT Iran, 1973. Encyclopedic glossary of Bahá’í terminology.
Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf, Vol. 4: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf, Vol. 5: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf

ASAT1.035x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf#page=24

ASAT2.085x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf#page=44

ASAT2.114x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf#page=59

ASAT3.091x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=48

ASAT5.094x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=52

ASAT5.235x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=123

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.101.07x

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/AM/101

GWB. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1935. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/bahaullah/gleanings-writings-bahaullah/

GWB#093x

http://www.bahai.org/r/613239100

GWB#161x

http://www.bahai.org/r/228853726

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.050-051x

http://www.bahai.org/r/874184899

ADJ.060x

http://www.bahai.org/r/655063694

ADJ.077x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/185678279

ADJ.060x5x

http://www.bahai.org/r/655063694

COF. Shoghi Effendi. Citadel of Faith. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1965. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/citadel- faith/

COF.120x

http://www.bahai.org/r/181419601

GPB. Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1944. History of the first century of the Bahá’í Faith. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/god- passes-by/

GPB.389x

http://www.bahai.org/r/993545571

WOB. Shoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1938. Pagination refers to 1991 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/world- order-bahaullah/

WOB.103x

http://www.bahai.org/r/250565626

WOB.167x

http://www.bahai.org/r/738626229

WIND. Marshall, Alison, ed. “Windflower translations: English translations of works of Bahá’u’lláh”. Website hosting provisional translations. http://www.whoisbahaullah.com/windflower/translations-on-this- site/translations/

WIND#133

https://alisonelizabethmarshall.com/commentary-on-a-verse-of-sadi/

B. Grover

https://brucegrover.bandcamp.com/track/hearts

MANA

https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/gird-up

ROB. Taherzadeh, Adib. The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh (4 vols.). George Ronald, 1974-1987. Vol. 1: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V1/Cover.html, Vol. 2: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Cover.html, Vol. 3: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Cover.html, Vol. 4: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V4/Cover.html

ROB3.404

https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Contents.html

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#335

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#335

LL#448

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#448

LL#457

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#457