Ocean of Lights

Tafsir (huruf) al-basmala

10700 words

بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. ان الله سبحانه قد جعل لظهوره لخلقه بخلقه اربع مقامات المشار الیها والرموز عنها

Translation:

Provisional translation

Verily God, glorified be He, hath ordained for His Manifestation unto His creation, through His creation, four stations which have been indicated and symbolized [3.5s]... ...The "E" (nún) in the stage of utterance is the same as the "B" (káf). It is the totality of the possible

Manuscripts (7)Publications (1)Translations (7)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

INBA14:041.04-104

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v014/?page=43

INBA53:001-045

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v053/?page=3

INBA60:001-056

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v060/?page=3

INBA64:033.16-081.14

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v064/?page=35

INBA_6010C:041-094

Not yet online

INBA_6013C:002-109

Not yet online

INBA_6012C.300-393

Not yet online

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)

TZH3.139.10-139.15x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/497.pdf#page=145

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.132x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=139

GOH.135-136x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=142

GOH.204x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=211

GOH.215x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=222

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.048x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=63

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

HURQ.BB03x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/147/

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#079.1.8x

https://bahai-library.com/brown_seven_stages_creation

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

FHR#08

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

AHDA.459.16

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=473

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.012

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=24

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.063

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=18

SRC.200

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

GOH.031

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=38

GOH.079

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=86