Ocean of Lights

300 words

قد ظهر ما کان مکنونا فی ازل الازال و برز من کان مخزونا فی علم الله رب الارباب

Translation:

Provisional translation

That which was hidden throughout all eternity hath been made manifest, and that which was treasured in the knowledge of God, the Lord of Lords, hath appeared [3.5s]... ...Myriad thanks unto the Desire of the Worlds, Who confirmed ye in service to the Cause. Blessed is the one who was not held back

Publications (5)Translations (1)

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#237

http://www.bahai.org/r/712621625

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)

TZH5.376x

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol3/tzh5/5tzh.htm

USK. Ḥaydar ‘Alí Usku'í. Táríkh-i Amri-yi Á̶ dhirbayján. n.p., n.d. Manuscript facsimile. Regional history. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/477.pdf

USK.088-090

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/477.pdf#page=88

TISH. Banná-yi-Yazdí, Ustád ‘Alí-Akbar. Taríkh-i-Ishqábád. Hofheim: Bahá’í-Verlag, 2015. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Tarikh-i-Ishqabad.pdf

TISH.225-226x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Tarikh-i-Ishqabad.pdf&page=220

TISH.244-245

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Tarikh-i-Ishqabad.pdf&page=239

RIDA. Rabbani, Ahang. Ponder Thou upon the Martyrdom of Ḥájí Muḥammad-Riḍá: Nineteen Historical Accounts. Vol. 5 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. https://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_martyrdom_haji_muhammad-rida.pdf

RIDA.038-039x

https://bahai-library.com/rabbani_reminiscences_khalil_shahidi#page=38