Ocean of Lights

480 words

ان یا محمد بشر فی نفسک بما نزل علیک کتاب قدس کریم و فیه ما ینقطعک عن ملک

Translation:

Provisional translation

Rejoice in thy soul, O Muhammad, inasmuch as a noble and holy Book hath been sent down unto you. In it is that which shall detach thee

Manuscripts (3)Publications (5)Translations (2)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

INBA36:152b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v036/?page=153

INBA71:323

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v071/?page=326

INBA92:222x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v092-dark/?page=113

ADM. Ad`íyyih Mubárakih (3 vols.). Editora Baha’i - Brazil, 2003. Prayers of Bahá’u’lláh. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/557.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/558.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/559.pdf

ADM3#038 p.051x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/559.pdf#page=52

LHKM. La'álíy-i Ḥikmat (3 vols.). Editora Baha’i-Brasil, 1991. Collection of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh assembled in part from the papers of Vahid Behmardi. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/561.pdf, https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-published-13-fa (typescript); Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/562.pdf, https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-published-14-fa (typescript); Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/563.pdf

LHKM2.017

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/LH2/lh2-17.html

MJMM. Majmú`ih-yi Maṭbú`ih-yi Alváḥ-i Mubárakih-yi Ḥaḍrat-i Bahá'u'lláh. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1978. Collection of Tablets originally published in Cairo 1920. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MR/download.html, https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-published-01-fa/ (typescript)

MJMM.301

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MR/mr-302.html

DAUD. Dawud, Yuhanna, ed. Letters of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to Yuhanna Dawud, 1911-1919. Texts in Persian. Not same as ROL although there is some overlap. http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol3/daud1/daud1.htm

DAUD.29

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol3/daud1/daud1.htm

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

ADH1.078

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

ROL. Dawud, Yuhanna. The River of Life: A Selection from the Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. London: Cope & Fenwick, 1914. With facimiles of original Arabic and Persian texts. https://bahai- library.com/pdf/d/dawud_river_of_life.pdf (English translations only)

ROL.045-048

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/d/dawud_river_of_life.pdf

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_v13#11 p.317

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_11

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#185

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#185