Ocean of Lights

Prayer for the Fast

Dawn

740 words

اللهم انی اسئلک بالایه الکبری و ظهور فضلک بین الوری بان لاتطردنی عن باب

Translation:

Official translation

I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign, and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men

English (1)

Arabic (1)

#	Name		Source
#1	Prayer - I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign, and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men		Source Arabic

#	Name		Source	Translations	Resources
#1	أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْئَلُكَ بِٱلآيَةِ ٱلكُبْرَى وَظُهُورِ فَضْلِكَ		Source Arabic	Translations English	Resources

Manuscripts (2)Publications (4)Translations (4)Musical interpretations (3)Notes (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

INBA97:153

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v097/?page=79

Majlis210461.121-124

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/majlis_210461.pdf

PMP. Munáját, Majmú`ah Adhkár wa Ad`íyah min Áthár Ḥaḍrat Bahá'u'lláh. Editora Bahai-Brasil, 1997. Arabic texts of PM. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/prayers-meditations/

PMP#177

http://www.bahai.org/r/148434992

AHM. Ad‘íyy-i Ḥaḍrat-i Maḥbúb. Egypt, 1339 A.H. [1920]. Prayers and Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Often reprinted. Pagination refers to original typesetting. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/556.pdf (Century Press 2004 reprint, with i'rab), https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-02-fa/ (typescript)

AHM.121

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AHM/ahm-121.html

TSBT. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Risáliy-i Tasbíḥ va Tahlíl. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1982. Occasional prayers of Bahá’u’lláh, in Arabic. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/552.pdf, typescripts available at https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-03-fa

TSBT.057

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/RTT/rtt-56.html

NFF. Nafaḥát-i Faḍl (5 vols.). Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1987. Core texts: Obligatory Prayers, Tablet of Visitation, Long Healing Prayer, Fire Tablet, Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Hidden Words, prayers for the Fast, etc., with commentary in Persian. Vol. 1: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF1/, vol. 2: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF2/, vol. 3: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF3/, vol. 4: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1417.pdf, vol. 5: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF5/

NFF5.041

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NF5/nf5-45.html

PM. Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh . U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2001. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/prayers- meditations/

PM#177

http://www.bahai.org/r/893341773

BPRY. Bahá'í Prayers. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2002. Mult. editions. Standard prayer book. Catalog quotes from 2002 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/prayers/bahai-prayers/

BPRY.261

http://www.bahai.org/r/540647486

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_v04#18 p.306

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_18

BP1929. Prayers and Meditations (1929 ed.). New York: Baha’i Publishing Committee, 1929

BP1929.004-011

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The Badasht Project

https://badasht.bandcamp.com/track/raise-me-up

E. Mahony

https://music.elikamahony.com/track/invocation-from-the-long-fasting-prayer

L. Harley

https://youtu.be/ejwAF9zj_UU

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#271

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#271

LL#467

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#467