Ocean of Lights

Tafsir-i-Surah wa'l-'Asr

Commentary on the Surah of the Afternoon

22000 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور آثار ابداعه فی ملکوت الامر والخلق لیتلالئن جوهریات حقائق الموجودات بتلئلأ آیات اللاهوت و یتلجلجن کینونیات مجردات آیات الجبروت بتلجلج ظهورات آیات الملکوت

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praised be to God Who divuged Himself before all realms of Existence through the tokens of His wondrous directives in the Kingdoms of Command and Creation. This to the end that He might illuminate the Essences

Manuscripts (10)Publications (4)Translations (3)Notes (9)

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

INBA14:105-208

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v014/?page=107

INBA40:006-080

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v040/?page=8

INBA69:021-119

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v069/?page=23

INBA_6010C:095-198

Not yet online

INBA_7009C:005-130

Not yet online

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_F09.001=4005C

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_Or5112

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_6531

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100304757/f2.image

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_asr

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/S-Z/sharhasr/asr.htm

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

BYC_asr

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

AADA. Rafati, Vahid. Áftáb Ámad Dalíl-i Áftáb. Asr-i-Jadid, 2009. Explores the tradition of Kumayl. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/831.pdf

AADA.138-139x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/831.pdf#page=145

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK2.012.04x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-13.html

MHA. Maḥbúb-i `Álam. Canadan Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1992. Commemorative volume for the Holy Year 1992-93. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/663.pdf

MHA.142x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/663.pdf#page=145

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.A007

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-07.pdf

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.060-061x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=67

MNP. Lawson, Todd and Ghaemmaghami, Omid, eds. A Most Noble Pattern: Essays in the Study of the Writings of the Báb. George Ronald, 2012. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf

MNP.049x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=64

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

HURQ.BB10x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/492/

DB. Nabíl Zarandí. The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation. Shoghi Effendi, ed. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1932. http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/

DB.201x

https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/db-29.html#pg201

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.59

https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf#page=81

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

MSBR.202-203

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.455.04

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=469

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.066

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=78

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.076

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=25

SRC.202

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=50

GOH.034

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=41

GOH.115

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=122