Ocean of Lights

Shikkar-Shikan Shavand

1050 words

شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود مکتوب آنجناب

Translation:

Official translation

Warblers, mellifluous-toned, all the parrots of Ind shall be, Because of this Pársí sugar-cone which to Bengal goes… They that yearn for the abode of the Beloved, they that circle round the sanctuary of the Desired One

Abstract:

Poetically anticipates future opposition and lauds the constancy of the loved ones of God in the face of threats and persecutions.

Persian (1)

#	Name		Source	Resources
#1	شكر شكن شوند		Source Persian	Resources

Manuscripts (5)Publications (11)Translations (4)Notes (6)

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

INBA38:064

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v038/?page=66

INBA36:351

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v036/?page=352

INBA30:070

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v030/?page=39

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_Or15722.210

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.1753.102-106

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84470396/f111.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#127

http://www.bahai.org/r/810412462

NANU. Nár va Núr. Bahá'í-Verlag, 139 B.E. [1982]. “Fire and Light”: Compilation on sacrifice and martyrdom. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/compilations/nar-va-nur and https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/nanu.pdf. Partially translated and published in The Baha’í World, vol. 18, pp. 9-30, available online at BRL_FIRE

NANU_BH#11x

https://www.bahai.org/r/813499214

TZH. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Táríkh-i Ẓuhúr al-Ḥaqq (9 vols.). Vols. 3 and 8 published in Iran 1941/42 and 1975/76; vols. 3 and 4 republished 2008 and 2011 by Bahá’í-Verlag. Encyclopedic history of the Faith. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/index/diglib/mazand1.htm (ms images) and https://oceanoflights.org/chapter/historical-works-fa (typed volumes)

TZH4.242

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol2/tzh4/tzh4.htm

DRD. Daryáy-i Dánish. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1985. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh in pure Persian. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/17.pdf

DRD.147

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/DD/dd-150.html

RHQM. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Raḥíq-i Makhtúm (2 vols.). Bahá'í- Verlag, 2007. Commentary on the “Lawḥ-i-Qarn” (101 B.E. Naw-Rúz message) of Shoghi Effendi. Entries in this catalog refer to three different editions respectively: BPT Iran 103 B.E., BPT Iran 130 B.E., Verlag 2007. 103 B.E. edition: Vol. 1, https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf; Vol. 2, https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/653.pdf

RHQM1.575-577 (703) (431-433x)

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf#page=300

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

ASAT2.105x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf#page=54

ASAT3.105x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=54

AKHA. Akhbár-i Amrí (mult. vols.). BPT Iran, 1922-1980. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.ax

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

FBAH. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Ḥaḍrat-i Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1994. Biography of Bahá’u’lláh. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/HB2

FBAH.134x

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/HB2/hb2-138.html

LDR. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. La'álíy-i Darakhshán. BPT Iran, 1966. Commentary on Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Lawh-i-Sultan. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/395.pdf

LDR.432x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/395.pdf#page=220

NJB. Najm-i Bákhtar (mult. vols.). George Ronald, 1978. Persian pages from Star of the West (1910-1935). https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1412.pdf and https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol4/starwest/starwest.htm

NJB_v11#01 p.21-24

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_1

BRL_FIRE_BH#06x

http://www.bahai.org/r/182495602

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PT#120

https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_shikkar_shikan_taherzadeh

BLO_PT#121

https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_shikkar_shikan_monjazeb

BKOG. Balyuzi, Hasan. Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory. George Ronald, 1980

BKOG.149x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23

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

ROB1.147

https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V1/Contents.html

BKOG. Balyuzi, Hasan. Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory. George Ronald, 1980

BKOG.149

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23

BKOG.446

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23

MMAH. Ḥisámí, Ḥabíbu'lláh. Manabi'-i-Maṭáli'-i-Amrí, Bakhsh-i-Avval: Áthár. n.p., n.d. Summaries of best-known Works, with sources. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf

MMAH.209

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=221

GSH. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ganj-i Sháyigán. BPT Iran, 124 B.E. [1967]. Summaries of best-known works of Bahá’u’lláh. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS

GSH.031

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-31.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#286

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#286