Ocean of Lights

170 words

لم ادر یا الهی بای نار اوقدت سراج امرک و بای زجاجه حفظته من اعادی نفسک فو

Translation:

Official translation

I know not, O my God, what the Fire is with which Thou didst light the Lamp of Thy Cause, or what the Glass

Manuscripts (1)Publications (2)Translations (2)

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

INBA92:387

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v092-dark/?page=196

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#089

http://www.bahai.org/r/204924723

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_124BE #08 p.a

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

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#089

http://www.bahai.org/r/562292810

BPRY. Bahá'í Prayers. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2002. Mult. editions. Standard prayer book. Catalog quotes from 2002 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/prayers/bahai-prayers/

BPRY.051

http://www.bahai.org/r/117140106