Ocean of Lights

1700 words

هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله الملک الحق المبین و انه لتنزیل من لدن علیم... ای رب اتیتک منقطعاً عما سواک و مقبلاً الی حرم قربک و رضاک

Translation:

Provisional translation

This is a Book sent down in truth from God, the Sovereign, the Manifest Truth, and verily it is a revelation from the presence of the All-Knowing... O my Lord! I have come unto Thee, detached from all else save Thee, turning toward the sanctuary of Thy nearness and good-pleasure [3.5s]

Manuscripts (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

INBA92:201bx

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v092-dark/?page=102

NLAI. Manuscripts held at the National Library and Archives of Iran, Tihran. https://www.nlai.ir/ Includes “BH1” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH1_.pdf), “BH2” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf), “BH3” = KB_622 (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH3_.pdf), “BH4” = KB_834 (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH4_.pdf), “BH_AB” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH_AB_misc.pdf), and “NLAI_22848” = KB_833 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/833.pdf)

NLAI_BH2.095

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf#page=95