Ocean of Lights

Letter on the apostasy of Mulla Jawad Vilyani

suluk II

2700 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تعالی بذاتیة ذاتیة ذاتیته عن وصف المجردات و کنهها والحمد لله الذی تقدس بکینونیة کینونیة کینونیته عن نعت المادیات و حقائقها

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be to God Who hath exalted Himself, in the very Essence of His Essence, above the description and inmost being of all abstract realities, and praise be to God Who hath sanctified Himself, in the very Being of His Being, above the attributes and verities of all material realities [3.5s]

Manuscripts (1)Publications (1)Translations (5)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

INBA98:111.13-122.08

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v098/?page=113

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK3.055.07x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-59.html

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.043x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=50

GOH.059x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=66

GOH.209x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=216

GOH.248-249x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=255

GOH.302-308x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=309

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

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.450.4

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.040

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=52

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.190

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GOH.030

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