Ocean of Lights

Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih

Epistle of Rida'

1300 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء بسر الانشا و اقام العرش علی الماء بشان الامضا و انزل الایات من عالم العما

Notes:

Includes the Khutbiy-i-Dhikriyyih as chapter 1

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be to God Who hath created the water by the mystery of construction, hath established the throne upon the water by the modality of execution

Manuscripts (2)Publications (4)Translations (7)Notes (12)

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_F28.6.1-2

Not yet online

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

BYC_radawiya

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

MHA. Maḥbúb-i `Álam. Canadan Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1992. Commemorative volume for the Holy Year 1992-93. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/663.pdf

MHA.141-142x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/663.pdf#page=144

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)

TZH3.290x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/497.pdf#page=296

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.473-474x fn2

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=487

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.A013

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-13.pdf

BAPT. The Arabic Bayan. English translation by P. Terry (1980) of A.L.M. Nicolas’ 1905 French translation. https://bahai- library.com/pdf/b/bab_bayan_arabic_terry.pdf

BAPT.003-005x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/bab_bayan_arabic_terry.pdf#page=3

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.057-058x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=72

MNP.097-100

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MNP.pdf#page=112

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

HURQ.BB21x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/901/

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

LOIR06.059ff

Not yet online

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#012x

https://bahai-library.com/brown_kkhutba_dhikriyya

BLO_PT#034x

https://bahai-library.com/bab_brown_risaliy_dhahabiyyih

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.68

https://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/LO/AA/00/56/59/00001/PDF.pdf#page=90

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

AHDA.449.2

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=463

AHDA.452.3

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=466

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.046

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=58

MMAH.048

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=60

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.053-055

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=13

SRC.207

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=53

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.023

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=30

GOH.032

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

GOH.131

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=138

GOH.379fn35

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=386