Ocean of Lights

Sahifiy-i-'Adliyya

Risaliy-i-'Adliyyih

Epistle of Justice: Root Principles

13500 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. حمد و سپاس وصف جمال ذاتی است که لم یزل بوده یگانه فرد بدون وجود شیئ با او و لایزال بکینونیة خود

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise and thanksgiving befit that Essential Beauty Who hath been from time immemorial single and alone, with naught existing alongside Him, and Who everlastingly endureth in His own Being [3.5s]... ...The supporters of the “oneness of existence” have joined partners with God through their testimony of existence… Since the Ancient of Days created mankind for the purpose of apprehending the power shining within themselves

Manuscripts (12)Publications (11)Translations (18)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

INBA82:134-205

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v082/?page=136

INBA_3006C:097-

Not yet online

INBA_5010C:012-082

Not yet online

INBA_6011C:001-077

Not yet online

INBA_6012C.265-299x

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

PR03.214v27-228r05

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

PR17.000v-044v

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0223

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

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

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_adliyya

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/524.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_sahifadl

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/index/bab/sahifadl.htm

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

BYC_adliyya

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

AEWB. Early works of the Báb (Sahifiy-i-A'mal al-Sana and others). Majlis Library, Iran. Kitabkhaniy-i-Baqir Naraqi, ms #12448. https://dlib.ical.ir/faces/search/bibliographic/biblioFullView.jspx?_afPfm=- lvp45vd4h; mirrored here: https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/aewb.pdf

AEWB.136-141x

Not yet online

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.039x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-39.html

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

AVK1.030.09x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-55.html

AVK1.075.10x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-100.html

AVK1.099-100x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-124.html

AVK1.103-104x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-128.html

AVK1.322.07x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-347.html

AVK2.102.15x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-103.html

AVK2.167.14x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-168.html

AVK2.334.11x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-335.html

HNMJ. Ḥaḍrat-i-Nuqtiy-i-'Ulá: Majmú`iy-i Munáját. BPT Iran, 1969. Prayers

HNMJ.093-096x

Not yet online

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.A014

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-14.pdf

BAPT. The Arabic Bayan. English translation by P. Terry (1980) of A.L.M. Nicolas’ 1905 French translation. https://bahai- library.com/pdf/b/bab_bayan_arabic_terry.pdf

BAPT.017-018x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/bab_bayan_arabic_terry.pdf#page=17

BAPT.026-039x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/bab_bayan_arabic_terry.pdf#page=26

TAME. Lawson, Todd. Tafsir as Mystical Experience: Intimacy and Ecstasy in Quran Commentary: Tafsír Súrat al-Baqara of Sayyid ‘Alí Muḥammad Shírází, the Báb. Brill, 2019. Monograph. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TAME.pdf

TAME

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TAME.pdf

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#216.021x

https://bahai-library.com/kazemi_mysteries_alast

BLO_PT#079.1.1x

https://bahai-library.com/brown_seven_stages_creation

BLO_PT#079.1.3x

https://bahai-library.com/brown_seven_stages_creation

BLO_sazedj#02

https://bahai-library.com/sazedj_provisional_translations

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.191-192x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=198

GOH.196-197x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=203

GOH.207x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=214

GOH.218-219x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=225

GOH.222x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=229

GOH.225-232x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=232

GOH.235x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=242

GOH.252x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=259

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.047x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=62

MNP.057x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=72

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

HURQ.BB52x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/98

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.036-038

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=34

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.453.5

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=467

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.045?

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=57

MMAH.058

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=70

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.042

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=7

SRC.068-070

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=21

SRC.197

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=48

GOH.032-033

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=39

GOH.217-236

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=224