Ocean of Lights

250 words

یا الهی یحترق قلب المشتاق من نار الاشتیاق و تبکی عیون العشاق من سطوه الفراق

Translation:

Official translation

The hearts that yearn after Thee, O my God, are burnt up with the fire of their longing for Thee… They are like the angels which Thou hast created of snow and of fire

Manuscripts (1)Publications (1)Translations (1)Musical interpretations (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

INBA92:350

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v092-dark/?page=177

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#094

http://www.bahai.org/r/552729490

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#094

http://www.bahai.org/r/355708388

C. McLoughlin (after J. Lincoln)

https://youtu.be/_Vt69OI5AV4