Ocean of Lights

Dala'il-i-Sab'ih

The Seven Proofs - Persian

13900 words

بسم الله الافرد الافرد. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الافرد الافرد و انما البهاء من الله علی من یظهره الله ثم ادلائه لم یزل و لا یزال و بعد

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be to God, for there is none other God but He, the Only Unique, the Only Unique. All splendor comes from God, upon the 'Man Yuzhiruhu'llah' and upon His Apostles… Say: God sufficeth all things above all things

Manuscripts (11)Publications (4)Translations (11)Musical interpretations (20)Notes (10)

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

INBA_2007C:13b-64b

Not yet online

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

PR02.104r21-115v02

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

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_F22.092b

Not yet online

CMB_F25.7

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_Or5109

Not yet online

BLIB_Or5110

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_6154

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100314922/f4.image

NLI. Manuscripts held at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem. Includes Arc.Ms.Var.1288, no. 32 (https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002764084/NLI), Arc.Ms.Var.1288, no.50 (https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002781925/NLI)

NLI.50

https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH002781925/NLI

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_seven

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/6.pdf

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_dalail=DLLS

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/

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

BYC_saba-p

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

DLLS. Dalá'il-i Sab`ih. Iran, 195?. The “Seven Proofs” (both Persian and Arabic versions) of the Báb. https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/A- F/dalail/dalail.htm

DLLS

https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205449/http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/bab/A-F/dalail/dalail.htm

AYT. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ayyám-i Tis`ih. Kalimat, 1981. Reprinted by Mir’at, 2008. Tablets and historical notes on Bahá’í Holy Days. Pagination refers to original edition. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-1.html

AYT.043x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-43.html

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#10 (p.083-090x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/414079003

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.A005b

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-05-1.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#10 (p.117-126x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/345175889

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.056x

http://www.bahai.org/r/180459462

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.078x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=85

GOH.169x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=176

GOH.171x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=178

GOH.244-245x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=251

GOH.267x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=274

GOH.359x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=366

GOH.361x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=368

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

HURQ.BB53x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/489/

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PT#085

https://bahai-library.com/bab_nicolas_terry_proofs

The Badasht Project

https://badasht.bandcamp.com/track/say-god-sufficeth

K. Key

https://katkeymusic.bandcamp.com/track/god-sufficeth

B. Vahdat

https://youtu.be/-yIYnWktIrg

C. Shoemaker

https://youtu.be/oHhihAc04XM

B. Groetzinger

https://youtu.be/KbCK2chGZGs

Edelo & Emma

https://youtu.be/xucCjjTYwwE

T. Francis

https://youtu.be/PEB0aNOi2PU

M. Leong-Granfar

https://youtu.be/En2qs-7qPeE

Honiara Baha'i Youth

https://store.audio.grlpro.com/track/god-sufficeth

W. Heath

https://walterheath.bandcamp.com/track/god-sufficeth

Soulrise Melodies

https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/say-god-sufficeth

N. Hamilton

https://noahethamilton.bandcamp.com/track/god-sufficeth

J. Cooper

https://jodycooper.bandcamp.com/track/say-god-sufficeth

Baha'i Youth in Jordan

https://youtu.be/aK9vMV2xrRU

Kiskadee

https://youtu.be/cx56iN_k7y4

L. Dely & M. Congo [track 10]

https://9starmedia.com/leonor-dely-millero-congo-talisman

A. & M. Zemke [track 4]

https://9starmedia.com/anthony-and-michael-zemke-strive

Zannetta [track 7]

https://9starmedia.com/zannetta-sacred-synergy

almunajat.com [item 1]

https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_1.htm

S. Jaberi

https://youtu.be/ioLtq8xF3Mk

NSS. Rafati, Vahid. Nasím-i-Saḥarí. Bahá'í-Verlag, 171 B.E. [2014]. Shaykhí concepts in the Bábí and Bahá’í Writings. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf

NSS.039-044

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=37

JRAS. Browne, E.G. “Catalogue and Description of 27 Bábí Manuscripts”. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: Cambridge, 1892. https://bahai- library.com/browne_catalogue_manuscripts_one

JRAS.447

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/browne_catalogue_manuscripts_one.pdf#page=16

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.63

https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf#page=85

BRHL.65?

https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf#page=87

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

MSBR.204-205

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.447.8

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.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.085-087

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=29

SRC.185

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=42

GOH.035

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=42