Ocean of Lights

Letter to Mulla Baqir Tabrizi (Chihriq) Tafsir hadith

شمس التی تلک الشموس فی ظهوره

2500 words

بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب و انما البهاء من الله عز ذکره علی من یظهره الله جل امره و من یخلق بامره و لا یری فیه الا ماقد تجلی الله له بقوله علی انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praised be to God, no god is there except Him, the Mighty, the Beloved One. The Splendour which cometh from God — exalted be His Remembrance — be upon Him Whom God shall make manifest

Manuscripts (2)Publications (3)Translations (8)Notes (4)

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_F21.035.18-044.13#05

Not yet online

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

BYC_pray.099.01-105.02

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

KSHG. Gulpaygání, Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl. Kashf al-Ghiṭá. Iran, 1918. https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/kashf/Kashf_al-Ghita.pdf

KSHG.439

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/kashf/Kashf_al-Ghita.pdf#page=231

AYT. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ayyám-i Tis`ih. Kalimat, 1981. Reprinted by Mir’at, 2008. Tablets and historical notes on Bahá’í Holy Days. Pagination refers to original edition. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-1.html

AYT.169

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-169.html

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)

TZH3.020.04-022.21x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/497.pdf#page=26

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.241x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=248

GOH.249x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=256

GOH.290x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=297

GOH.351-353x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=358

GOH.372-374x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=379

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

HURQ.BB57x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/398/

GPB. Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1944. History of the first century of the Bahá’í Faith. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/god- passes-by/

GPB.030x

http://www.bahai.org/r/941535765

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#185x

https://bahai-library.com/bab_lawh_muhammad_baqir-tabrizi

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.095

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=34

GOH.036

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=43