Ocean of Lights

Epistle to Muhammad Shah 3

2500 words

هو المتکبرالعلی الاعلی. حمد و سپاس بی مثل و قیاس حضرت حی قیوم را سزاست که لم یزل بوده و شیء در ساحت قدس

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise and glory, beyond comparison and likeness, befit the Supreme, the Ever-Living and Eternal Lord, who hath existed from time immemorial, while naught hath ever approached the sanctified precincts of His holiness [4o]... ...The substance wherewith God hath created Me is not the clay out of which others have been formed

Manuscripts (1)Publications (7)Translations (1)Musical interpretations (1)Notes (4)

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

INBA64:103.05-126.08

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v064/?page=105

RHQM. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Raḥíq-i Makhtúm (2 vols.). Bahá'í- Verlag, 2007. Commentary on the “Lawḥ-i-Qarn” (101 B.E. Naw-Rúz message) of Shoghi Effendi. Entries in this catalog refer to three different editions respectively: BPT Iran 103 B.E., BPT Iran 130 B.E., Verlag 2007. 103 B.E. edition: Vol. 1, https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf; Vol. 2, https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/653.pdf

RHQM1.709x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf#page=366

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

ASAT4.368-369x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=186

HNU. Fayḍí, Muḥammad-'Alí. Ḥaḍrat-i Nuqṭih-yi Úlá. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1994. Biography of the Báb. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/167.pdf

HNU.239-241x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/167.pdf#page=243

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)

TZH2.156-165

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/arabic/vol4/2tzh/2tzh.htm

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.299

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=313

SWBP. Muntakhabát-i Áyát az Áthár-i Ḥaḍrat-i Nuqṭih-yi Úlá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1984. Persian edition of SWB. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/the-bab/selections-writings-bab

SWBP#06 (p.013-018x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/081731323

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.A023.3

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-23-3.pdf

SWB. Selections from the Writings of the Báb. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1976. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/the-bab/selections- writings-bab/

SWB#04 (p.011-017x)

http://www.bahai.org/r/518337337

Naim Z, Naim S & Negin

https://youtu.be/8qH6yCWVEBc

AHDA.460.08

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=474

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.023?

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=35

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.097

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=35

SRC.193

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