Ocean of Lights

60 words

یا من وجهک کعبتی و جمالک حرمی و شطرک مطلبی و ذکرک رجائی و حبک مونسی و عشقک

Translation:

Official translation

O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Whose beauty is my sanctuary, Whose habitation is my goal

Manuscripts (2)Publications (4)Translations (2)Musical interpretations (3)Notes (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

INBA33:145a

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v033/?page=147

INBA30:123ax

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v030/?page=66

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#166

http://www.bahai.org/r/518452859

AHM. Ad‘íyy-i Ḥaḍrat-i Maḥbúb. Egypt, 1339 A.H. [1920]. Prayers and Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Often reprinted. Pagination refers to original typesetting. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/556.pdf (Century Press 2004 reprint, with i'rab), https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-02-fa/ (typescript)

AHM.064

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AHM/ahm-64.html

AQMJ1. Áthár-i Qalam-i A`lá: Majmú'iy-i-Munáját, vol. 1. BPT Iran, 123 B.E. [1966]. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh. Last section (pp. 139-185) corresponds to Persian section of AHM (pp. 307-377). http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MMQ1/

AQMJ1.009

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MMQ1/mmq1-11.html

NSR. Nasá'im al-Raḥmán. Beirut, 1993. Prayers and Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1 (1993 edition; a 1978 edition has different pagination)

NSR_1993.037a

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-35.html

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#166

http://www.bahai.org/r/458279464

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.019

http://www.bahai.org/r/812762687

A. Youssefi

https://music.aliyoussefi.com/track/object-of-my-adoration

TaliaSafa

https://bahaimusic.taliasafa.com/track/prayer-for-assistance

M.J. Davey-Hatcher

https://youtu.be/uL5ypZu7QKw

LL. “The Leiden List of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh”. Sen McGlinn, ed. Index of ~500 Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. This catalog references the March 1999 version: https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai- library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html

LL#501

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#501