Ocean of Lights

1230 words

قد اخذت القلم حینئذ یا الهی من عندک و وضعت المداد بین یدیک و لم ادر ما ترید

Translation:

Provisional translation

I took up the pen, then, O my God, from Thee and placed the ink before Thee, not knowing what Thou didst desire [3.5s]

Manuscripts (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