Ocean of Lights

120 words

ان القطره ارادت ان تمنع البحر و الذره ان تستر الشمس بطین الظنون و الاوهام قد

Translation:

Provisional translation

Verily, the drop sought to withhold the ocean, and the atom desired to veil the sun with the clay of idle fancies and vain imaginings [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

INBA51:094b

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v051/?page=97

KB. Digital images of books and manuscripts orginally hosted at the Kitábkhániy-i-Bahá’í website (bahailib.com), now hosted at https://bahai-library.com/bahailib

KB_620:087-088

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/620.pdf#page=087