Ocean of Lights

Risala Furu' al-'Adliyya

Epistle of Justice: Branches

5500 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و لقد فرض الله علی الناس قبل الصلوة بعضاً من الاحکام و هی ان الله لا یکلف لاحد الا دون قوته و ما یجبر علی احد لشیء

Translation:

Provisional translation

God hath enjoined upon mankind certain ordinances prior to the act of prayer, and among them is His decree that He imposeth no burden upon any soul beyond its capacity, nor is anyone to be compelled in any matter [4o]

Manuscripts (6)Publications (3)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

INBA_3006C:148-182

Not yet online

INBA_5010C:082-166

Not yet online

INBA_6011C:081-120

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

PR02.077v01-077v28

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

MKI4499.020

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

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.141-145

Not yet online

HBAB. Muḥammad-Ḥusayní, Nuṣrat'u'lláh. Ḥaḍrat-i Báb. Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1995. Biography of the Báb. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/377.pdf

HBAB.798

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/377.pdf#page=811

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.A021a

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-21-1.pdf

OOL.A021b

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-21-2.pdf

DB. Nabíl Zarandí. The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation. Shoghi Effendi, ed. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1932. http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/

DB.208x

https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/db-29.html#pg208

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.448.1

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=462

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.044

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=56

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.068-071

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

SRC.196

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

SRC.203

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=51

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.033

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=40