Ocean of Lights

Tablet to Mirza Sa'id Ardistani on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah, qadim wa hadith

2700 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع فی کینونیات الخلق آیات ظهور قدرته لیعرفوه کل الموجودات بما تجلی لهم بهم ... و ان ما ذکرت فی بیان القدم والحدوث و ان الذی اردت حبک بانه

Translation:

Provisional translation

All praise be to God, Who hath created the signs of the manifestations of His might in the inmost reality of the creatures, that all beings may recognize Him… The third question thou didst pose is about the meaning of the saying of the philosophers who say: 'From one naught can be created by one.'

Manuscripts (10)Publications (1)Translations (7)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

INBA14:418-432

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v014/?page=420

INBA40:144-154

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v040/?page=146

INBA53:419-431

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v053/?page=421

INBA67:259-273

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v067/?page=261

INBA69:419-433

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v069/?page=421

INBA_6010C:416-430

Not yet online

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_F21.077.08-088.18#11

Not yet online

Berlin. Manuscripts held at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Ms or. Oct. 1237 found at at https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN1740194756&PHYSID=PHYS_0007. Ms or. Oct. 3655 found at: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0002E63E00000000

Berlin3655.086r-092r

http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0002E63E00000000

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

BYC_three.001-016

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

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.189-207

Not yet online

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/

SFI05.014-019

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Publications-02_05.pdf#page=14

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.044

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=51

GOH.065x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=72

GOH.095-096x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=102

GOH.190-191x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=197

GOH.194-198x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=201

GOH.201-202x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=208

BSB. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin. Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1982-1993. Academic journal, edited by S. Lambden and published in photocopied form. https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/journals/bsb

BSB4:2 p22-27x

https://bahai-library.com/brown_primal_will

BRHL. Browne, E.G. Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts Belonging to E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932. Includes list of mss in the Cambridge “F” series. https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf

BRHL.62

https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf#page=84

MSBR. Browne, E.G. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. Cambridge, 1961. https://bahai-library.com/browne_materials_study_babi

MSBR.208-209

https://bahai-library.com/browne_materials_study_babi

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.078

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=25

SRC.193

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

GOH.034

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