Ocean of Lights

550 words

بشنوید ندای الهی را و ببصر حدید و قلب منیر در کلمات بدیعش نظر نمائید و تفکر

Translation:

Provisional translation

Hearken unto the divine Call, and with penetrating vision and illumined heart, ponder the wondrous words He hath revealed, and meditate thereon [3.5s]... ...Praise be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, whereby the Sun of Thy Command shone forth above the horizon of Thine inspiration

Manuscripts (5)Publications (11)Translations (3)Musical interpretations (1)Notes (1)

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

INBA47:244

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v047/?page=246

INBA33:018bx

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v033/?page=20

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_Or03116.078

Not yet online

BLIB_Or11096.172

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15722.019

Not yet online

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

AVK3.453.07x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-457.html

AVK4.060.03

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-64.html

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.210

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AHM/ahm-210.html

AQMJ2. Áthár-i Qalam-i A`lá: Majmú'iy-i-Munáját, vol. 2. BPT Iran, 134 B.E. [1971]. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MMQ2/

AQMJ2.099x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MMQ2/mmq2-100.html

GHA. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ganjínih-yi Ḥudúd va Aḥkám. Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1980. Elucidation and commentary on laws and ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/63.pdf

GHA.340x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/GHA/gha-349.html

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

MAS4.102ax

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-102.html

NSR. Nasá'im al-Raḥmán. Beirut, 1993. Prayers and Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1 (1993 edition; a 1978 edition has different pagination)

NSR_1993.020x

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-18.html

BSHA. Bishárat-i `Uẓmá. BPT Iran, 1957. Prayer book, containing the obligatory prayers

BSHA.060

Not yet online

ADH. Adhkár al-Muqarrabín (2 vols., vol. 2 in two different editions). BPT Iran, 1959. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh (vol. 1) and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (vol. 2); vol. 2 superseded by MMG

ADH1.012x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_1.pdf

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_105BE #04 p.001x

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

VUJUD. Rafati, Vahid. Malakút-i-Vujúd. Asr-i-Jadid, 1998. Writings of Ali-Murad Davudi on the subject of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Dr. Forel. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf

VUJUD.095.07x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf

RBB. MacEoin, Denis. Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism. Cambridge, 1994. Monograph. https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism

RBB.119x

https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism

VUJUDE. Rafati, Vahid. The Kingdom of Existence (Malakút-i-Vujúd). Fundación Nehal, n.d. English translation of VUJUD. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf

VUJUDE.138x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf

JHT. Personal web site with provisional translations by Joshua Hall. March 2017- . http://joshuahalltranslations.com/. JHT_S, “Supplications by Bahá’u’lláh”, contains 200 translations

JHT_S#001

https://joshuahalltranslations.com/jalal/2017/10/Supplications-by-Bahaullah-1.pdf#page=1

almunajat.com [item 28]

https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_2.htm

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#486

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#486