Ocean of Lights

Risala fi Tashkhis al-Ghina

on singing

5600 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس تقدیس قیومته عن نعت الجوهریات و ما یشاء بهها و الحمد لله الذی تفرد بتفرد ازلیته عن وصف الذاتیات و ما یعادلها

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of essences and all that pertaineth thereunto; and praise be to God Who, in His primal Eternity, hath singled out His oneness above the description of intrinsic qualities and their like [3.5s]... ...The reality of all beings, save God, dependeth on two aspects. The first is the existential aspect (jihat-i-vujúdí) which indicateth the divine effulgence

Manuscripts (9)Publications (2)Translations (1)Notes (5)

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

INBA14:432-452

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v014/?page=434

INBA40:202-220

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v040/?page=204

INBA67:233-259

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v067/?page=235

INBA82:096-133

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v082/?page=98

INBA_6010C:430-450

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

PR02.146v16-152r04

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

PR07.110r-117v

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0145

UMich. Manuscripts held at the University of Michigan Libraries and hosted by HathiTrust.
Ms 962 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131432. Ms 968 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131499. Ms 991 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131788

UMich962.152-156

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf

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

BYC_collect4.022x

http://bayanic.com/lib/scan/sacred/Point/Collection4/Collection_4.pdf#page=22

SFI. Safíniy-i-`Irfán. Asr-i-Jadid, 1998-2020 (22 vols.). Papers presented in Persian at Irfán colloquia. http://irfancolloquia.org/publications/ (index only); https://oceanoflights.org/table/Collections-Publications-02-fa/

SFI01.085-095

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Publications-02_01.pdf#page=85

ASAT. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Asráru’l-Áthár (5 vols.). BPT Iran, 1973. Encyclopedic glossary of Bahá’í terminology.
Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf, Vol. 4: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf, Vol. 5: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf

ASAT4.424-425x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=214

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.177x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=184

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.450.5

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=464

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.047

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=59

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.080

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=27

SRC.194

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=46

GOH.034-035

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