Ocean of Lights

Sahifiy-i-Makhdhumiyyih

Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih

Hidden Treasured Epistle

13200 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی هو کائن قبل کل شیء و لا یکون شیء معه و کان موجوداً حین لا وجود لشیء لدیه الذی قد قصدت افئده العارفین عن معرفة ادنی وصفه

Notes:

Prayer 1 is Du'a-yi sahifa

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be to God Who existed ere all things were brought into being, and with Whom nothing can be compared. He was manifest when there was none other to contemplate His reality. He is the One Whose essence the hearts of the knowing have longed to fathom, yet fail utterly to apprehend even the most infinitesimal glimpse of His attributes [4o]... …The glory of glories and the most resplendent light rest upon Thee, O my God. Thy majesty is so transcendent… O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself… I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God!... O My God, O my Lord, O my Master! I beg Thee to forgive me

Manuscripts (7)Publications (11)Translations (16)Musical interpretations (26)Notes (6)

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_5006C:284-314

Not yet online

INBA_6009C:001-171

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

PR03.043r-043rx

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

PR04.058r06-100r11

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0105

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0266

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_Add.3704

Not yet online

MKI. Manuscripts from the Millet Kütüphanesi library, Istanbul, series MKI 34 Ae Arabi. Ms 4494: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4494.pdf. Ms 4499: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4499.pdf. Ms 4500: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4500.pdf. Ms 4505: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4505.pdf. Ms 4506: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4506.pdf. Ms 4509: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4509.pdf. Ms 4511: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4511.pdf. Ms 4515: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4515.pdf. Ms 4517: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4517.pdf. Ms 4518: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4518.pdf. Ms 4519: http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4519.pdf

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MKI-34-Ae-Arabi-4499.pdf

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#53 (p.138-139x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/484918296

SWBP#54 (p.139-141x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/722536151

SWBP#57 (p.142-144x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/321186294

SWBP#58 (p.144-145x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/184909770

SWBP#59 (p.145-146x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/089092625

SWBP#60 (p.146-147x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/985173714

SWBP#62 (p.149-149(a)x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/458064045

SWBP#63 (p.149-149(b)x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/619372712

SWBP#64 (p.149-150x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/464633053

SWBP#73 (p.155-155x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/636199084

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/

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-09.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#54 (p.194-195x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/548261021

SWB#55 (p.196-198x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/386020222

SWB#58 (p.200-202x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/904862694

SWB#59 (p.202-204x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/623439817

SWB#60 (p.204-205x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/112978648

SWB#61 (p.205-206x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/439880217

SWB#63 (p.209-209x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/723446130

SWB#64 (p.210(a)x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/971936216

SWB#65 (p.210(b)x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/065828247

SWB#73 (p.216x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/983195002

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/

http://www.bahai.org/r/843703591

http://www.bahai.org/r/162024226

http://www.bahai.org/r/779933053

http://www.bahai.org/r/388924533

http://www.bahai.org/r/678180399

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

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/1311/

The Humming Birds

https://thehummingbirdsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/i-adjure-thee

S. Toloui-Wallace

https://youtu.be/br1CtlgyLVk

https://kiyaparya.bandcamp.com/track/verily

https://bahaimusic.taliasafa.com/track/i-adjure-thee

https://music.elikamahony.com/track/boundless-favours

https://music.elikamahony.com/track/thou-art-nearer

https://music.elikamahony.com/track/i-adjure-thee-chant

https://music.elikamahony.com/track/guide-my-steps-aright

https://wensbomusic.com/track/prayer-for-forgiveness

Louis & Eleonore

https://youtu.be/owAP-v2ax-Y

https://youtu.be/nKrBEu2fVbk

https://youtu.be/lL7-99hdID0

https://youtu.be/omv4LGPHKio

Shadi, Hoda & Leif

https://youtu.be/fTmJImVPdi4

https://youtu.be/UqgAPRCjykk

https://oisindevine.bandcamp.com/track/guide-my-steps

https://natashachiangmusic.bandcamp.com/track/of-thy-love-english-and-chinese

Soulrise Melodies

https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/i-beg-thee-to-forgive-me

Soulrise Melodies

https://soulrisemelodies.bandcamp.com/track/i-have-detached-myself

https://noahethamilton.bandcamp.com/track/i-adjure-thee-by-thy-might

https://leonaandlarry.bandcamp.com/track/o-my-god-my-lord-and-my-master

https://youtu.be/UWuXlMMeUiI

P. Held & C. Bahia [track 10]

https://9starmedia.com/peter-held-corinne-bahia-creation

almunajat.com [item 4]

https://almunajat.com/chanting_collection_1.htm

https://youtu.be/NINv0KygoUA

https://youtu.be/2mdw93I13Zo

FHR. Kitáb-i-Fihrist of the Báb, index of contents as listed in SRC pp.50-53. Items on this list are all dated 1845 or earlier

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=12

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

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=465

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

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=71

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

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=16

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

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

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=37