Ocean of Lights

Khutbata’r-Raj’a

Khutba written in Jidda

2200 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد اقام العرش علی الماء والهواء علی وجه الماء و فرق بینهما علی کلمة اللاء ثم قد فتق الاجواء من عالم العماء

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praised be to God! Who raised up the Celestial Throne upon the watery expanse and the atmosphere above the surface of the watery expanse.

Manuscripts (2)Publications (2)Translations (4)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

INBA91:060.12-073.08

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v091/?page=62

INBA_5006C:330-335

Not yet online

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.143-145x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/167.pdf#page=147

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.086x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=100

MNP. Lawson, Todd and Ghaemmaghami, Omid, eds. A Most Noble Pattern: Essays in the Study of the Writings of the Báb. George Ronald, 2012. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf

MNP.090-091x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=105

MNP.146-158

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=161

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

HURQ.BB19x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/sites/hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/kh-jiddah-beta.pdf

LOIR. Lights of Irfan. Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1998 - . Academic journal. http://irfancolloquia.org/publications/

LOIR06.050ff

Not yet online

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#06.05

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=12

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.063

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=18

SRC.187

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=43

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.032

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=39