Ocean of Lights

2340 words

حق جل جلاله از برای ظهور جواهر معانی از معدن انسانی آمده الیوم دین الله و مذهب

Notes:

part of this quoted in ESW

Translation:

Official translation

The purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves… So powerful is the light of unity

Manuscripts (4)Publications (10)Translations (10)Musical interpretations (16)Notes (1)

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_Or15692.040

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15738.044ax

Not yet online

MKI4523.133

Not yet online

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.1753.037-043

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84470396/f46.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#661

https://www.bahai.org/r/878684678

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#126 p.174x

http://www.bahai.org/r/741454370

GWBP#132 p.184x

http://www.bahai.org/r/041162018

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

AVK3.111.03x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-115.html

AVK3.212.05x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-216.html

ISH. Ishráqát va Chand Lawḥ Dígar. BPT Iran, 196-?. Collection of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/27.pdf

ISH.133

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/baha/G-L/I/ishraqat/ishr133.gif

UAB. Uṣúl-i `Aqáyid-i Bahá'íyán. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1983. Basic principles of the Bahá’í Faith. http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf

UAB.023bx

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=14

UAB.036bx

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=20

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

ASAT3.118x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=61

NSS. Rafati, Vahid. Nasím-i-Saḥarí. Bahá'í-Verlag, 171 B.E. [2014]. Shaykhí concepts in the Bábí and Bahá’í Writings. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf

NSS.119-120x

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=117

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#126x

http://www.bahai.org/r/191119335

GWB#132x

http://www.bahai.org/r/949103928

TN. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. A Traveller's Narrative. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. Translation of TNP. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/abdul-baha/travelers-narrative/

TN.042-048x

http://www.bahai.org/r/987076840

STOB. Furútan, ‘Alí-Akbar. Stories of Bahá’u’lláh. George Ronald, 1986. Translation of DHU. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf

STOB#085n

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=97

STOB#108n

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=120

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.065bx

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/

PDC. Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi- effendi/promised-day-come/

PDC.181x

http://www.bahai.org/r/388105851

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.203x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/807659157

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v03#02 p.006x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_2

DWN. Syed Mustafa Roumi, ed. The Dawn: A monthly Bahá'í journal of Burma. Sept. 1923 – May 1929. English and Persian sections cataloged separately. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/the-dawn-burma-vol-1-6/

DWN_v3#01 p.010x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-3-burma-1925

L. Dely & M. Congo [track 4]

https://9starmedia.com/leonor-dely-millero-congo-talisman

R. Yazhari

https://ryazhari.bandcamp.com/track/lodestone

T. Nosrat

https://taraznosrat.bandcamp.com/track/so-powerful

MANA

https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/a-kindly-tongue

N. Zabihi

https://youtu.be/ez5jzGmhdnQ

Naim

https://youtu.be/q1VfQ9czSUA

Ridvan, Reza & Bahia

https://youtu.be/nLJ_6i8py3Y

Pedram, Aram, Onni & Nader

https://youtu.be/pkUgxnmqbXI

A Family Affair

https://walterheath.bandcamp.com/track/all-things-are-of-god

Soulrise Melodies (1)

https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/deal-ye-one-with-another

Soulrise Melodies (2)

https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/kindly-tongue

Leona and Larry

https://leonaandlarry.bandcamp.com/track/so-powerful

G.H. Miller

https://youtu.be/p93sbA-Etow

R. Peterson [track 13]

https://9starmedia.com/rose-marie-peterson-wave

E. Mahony

https://music.elikamahony.com/track/advancing-civilization-2

P. Weber

https://youtu.be/gJFwpn-5ba4

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#020

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#20