Ocean of Lights

Lawh-i-Rasul

470 words

ان یا رسول اگر از شمس سماء معنی پرسی در کسوف حسد مکسوف و مغطوء و اگر از قمر

Translation:

Official translation

O Rasúl! Shouldst thou ask concerning the Sun of the heaven of inner meaning, know that it hath been eclipsed by the clouds of envy

Abstract:

Identifies Himself, through His sufferings, with the prophets of the past and announces His intention to take leave of both friend and foe.

Manuscripts (1)Publications (4)Translations (1)Notes (3)

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

INBA38:257

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v038/?page=259

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#10x

https://www.bahai.org/r/236802379

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

ASAT4.013x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=8

AMB. Ayyám-i-Mutabarrakiy-i-Bahá’í: Muntakhabátí az Áthár-i-Názilih az Qalam-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Bahá’u’lláh. Original language version of Days of Remembrance (DOR). https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/days-remembrance/

AMB#30

https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/days-remembrance/6#364605322

QUM. Muḥammad-Ḥusayní, Nuṣratu’lláh. Táríkh-i-Amr-i-Bahá’í dar Shahr-i-Qum. Asr-i-Jadíd, 2005. Regional history. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tarikh-i-amr-i-bahai_dar_shahr-i-qum_vol1.pdf

QUM.029

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tarikh-i-amr-i-bahai_dar_shahr-i-qum_vol1.pdf

DOR. Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh for Bahá’í Holy Days. Bahá’í World Centre, 2016. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/days- remembrance/

DOR#30

http://www.bahai.org/r/702141994

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.107

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=119

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.181

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-181.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#219

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#219