Ocean of Lights

Kitab-i-Asma'

Book of Names

500000 words

الباب الاول من الواحد الاول ... بسم الله الاسمم الاسمم. لا اله الا هو الأرشد الأرشد قل الله ارشد فوق کل ذا ارشاد لن يقدر ان يمتنع عن مليک سلطان ارشاده

Translation:

Provisional translation

God, no God is there save Him., the Supremely Guided (al-arshad), the Supremely Guided (al-arshad). Say: God proffers a Guidance (arshad) beyond every possessor of Guidance (irshad)…. O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain admittance

Manuscripts (30)Publications (11)Translations (12)Musical interpretations (4)Notes (7)

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

INBA60:156-166x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v060/?page=158

INBA64:025.10-030.01x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v064/?page=27

INBA82:060-066x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v082/?page=62

INBA_6002C

Not yet online

INBA29

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v029/?page=3

PR. Manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series (William McElwee Miller Collection). https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47

PR02.069v01-069v20x

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0002

PR03.150v08-151v11x

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0045

PR24.069r-072vx

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0258

PR30.001-344

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0271

CMB. Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, E.G. Browne collection. See BRHL for details. Link to catalog entries: https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/subject_sh2009116570

CMB_F16x

Not yet online

CMB_F18x

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CMB_F23.171v04-174r04 (58)x

Not yet online

CMB_F17x

Not yet online

CMB_F19x

Not yet online

BLIB. Manuscripts in the British Library, London, listed by Or number. For a handlist of works of the Báb see Chapter 25 of https://archive.org/details/descriptivelisto00brituoft/page/n3. Regarding manuscripts in the series Or16590 through Or15740, which together comprise half of all known works of Bahá’u’lláh, including some 4,000 items which are uniquely accessible in this series: These were the bequest of a descendent of the family of Bahá’u’lláh; were mostly transcribed by Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, and are likely to have been derived in part from the two stolen satchels of Bahá’u’lláh’s papers mentioned in GPB p.249 and MMK4#189 p.276. While included here owing to their importance, their degree of fidelity to the originals has not yet been ascertained

BLIB_Or5278

Not yet online

BLIB_Or5481

Not yet online

BLIB_Or5869

Not yet online

BLIB_Or6255

Not yet online

BLIB_Or5487-5490

Not yet online

BN. Manuscripts at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Listed by manuscrits Arabe number. Searchable here by shelfmark: https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/advancedSearch/

BN_5806

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100320868/f4.image

BN_5807

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10032087q/f5.image

BN_6141

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10031479c/f5.image

BN_6142

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10031480r/f6.image

MKI4491

Not yet online

MKI4492

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MKI4493

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IOL. Bábí Manuscripts in the Institute of Oriental Languages (later Institute of Oriental Manuscripts), St. Petersburg. See "Die Sammlung von Morgenlandischen Handschriften" (1865), pp. 57ff. and http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf

IOL (12:1-18)x

Not yet online

IOM. Bábí Manuscripts in the Institute of Oriental Languages (later Institute of Oriental Manuscripts), St. Petersburg. See "Die Sammlung von Morgenlandischen Handschriften" (1865), pp. 57ff. and http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf

IOM.091-092x

http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf#page=91

HBH. H-Bahai: Scanned images of manuscripts and publications hosted by H-Net at Michigan State University. http://www.h- net.org/~bahai/index/diglib/arapub.htm

HBH_asma

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/G-L/K/asma/asma.htm

BYC. Manuscript images of Writings of the Báb hosted at www.bayanic.com. Polemical source

BYC_asma

http://bayanic.com/lib/scan/sacred/Point/Asma

MANU. Majmú`i'í az Áthár-i Nuqṭiy-i-Úlá va Ṣubḥ-i Azal. Iran, 1960. https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/M-R/majmuih1/athar.htm

MANU.039-045x

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/M-R/majmuih1/athar.htm

TZH. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Táríkh-i Ẓuhúr al-Ḥaqq (9 vols.). Vols. 3 and 8 published in Iran 1941/42 and 1975/76; vols. 3 and 4 republished 2008 and 2011 by Bahá’í-Verlag. Encyclopedic history of the Faith. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/index/diglib/mazand1.htm (ms images) and https://oceanoflights.org/chapter/historical-works-fa (typed volumes)

TZH2.006x

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol4/2tzh/2tzh.htm

SWBP. Muntakhabát-i Áyát az Áthár-i Ḥaḍrat-i Nuqṭih-yi Úlá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1984. Persian edition of SWB. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/the-bab/selections-writings-bab

SWBP#07 (p.018-024x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/683791444

SWBP#11 (p.092-106x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/209180313

SWBP#15 (p.109-110x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/905433338

SWBP#28 (p.121-122x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/574873945

SWBP#31 (p.124-125x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/979992519

SWBP#32 (p.125-125(a)x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/402919759

SWBP#33 (p.125-125(b)x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/087684267

SWBP#47 (p.136-136x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/551232896

OOL. “Ocean of Lights”. Website containing Bahá’í Writings and translations. https://oceanoflights.org/. Typescripts of individual named Tablets of the Bab: https://oceanoflights.org/table/the-bab-place-and-year-fa/, Baha’u’llah: https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-special-titles-fa/, and ‘Abdu’l-Baha: https://oceanoflights.org/table/abdul-baha-best-known-works-fa/

OOL.A008

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-08-02.pdf

SWB. Selections from the Writings of the Báb. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1976. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/the-bab/selections- writings-bab/

SWB#07 (p.029-037x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/346778469

SWB#11 (p.129-149x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/255655335

SWB#15 (p.155-155x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/809622135

SWB#29 (p.172-172x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/899330689

SWB#32 (p.176(a)x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/234809405

SWB#33 (p.176(b)x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/764414569

SWB#34 (p.177(a)x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/893346334

SWB#48 (p.191-191x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/146123526

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.081x

http://www.bahai.org/r/153939478

BPRY.234x

http://www.bahai.org/r/203253999

GOH. Saiedi, Nader. Gate of the Heart. Wilfrid Laurier, 2008. Exposition on the teachings of the Báb, with numerous provisional translations. http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf

GOH.passim (see index)

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf

HURQ. Lambden, Stephen. Academic website with texts, provisional translations, and notes. https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/scholarship/haykal- writings-b%C4%81b

HURQ.BB58x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/3701/

E. Mahony

https://music.elikamahony.com/track/enable-all-the-peoples

A. Bryan

https://angelabryanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/paradise-of-faith

G.H. Miller

https://youtu.be/TF4QA7fpWv0

K. Key

https://youtu.be/cz_LN56bYpY

BRHL. Browne, E.G. Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts Belonging to E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932. Includes list of mss in the Cambridge “F” series. https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf

BRHL.60

https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf#page=82

MSBR. Browne, E.G. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. Cambridge, 1961. https://bahai-library.com/browne_materials_study_babi

MSBR.206-207

https://bahai-library.com/browne_materials_study_babi

AHDA. Afnán, Abu'l-Qásim. ‘Ahd-i A`lá. Oneworld, 1999. Biography of the Báb. https://oceanoflights.org/table/the-bab-published-03-fa (selected typescripts), http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf

AHDA.447.7

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=461

MMAH. Ḥisámí, Ḥabíbu'lláh. Manabi'-i-Maṭáli'-i-Amrí, Bakhsh-i-Avval: Áthár. n.p., n.d. Summaries of best-known Works, with sources. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf

MMAH.065

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=77

SRC. MacEoin, Denis. The Sources for Early Bábí Doctrine and History. Brill, 1992. https://books.google.com/books?id=xqV9-zmMxsUC. Appendix 1 contains the most complete previous inventory of the Báb’s Writings

SRC.091-092

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=32

SRC.188

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=44

GOH.036 and passim

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=43