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Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Haqiqat

Commentary on the Tradition of Truth

1300 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و هو ان کمیل بن زیاد النخعی اردنه علی علیه السلام یوماً علی ناقته فقال کمیل یا مولای ما الحقیقة قال مالک

Translation:

Provisional translation

And it came to pass that Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha'i approached 'Alí - peace be upon him - one day as he rode upon his she-camel, and Kumayl asked: "O my master, what is Truth?" He said [3.5s]... ...thou must know that Kumayl’s response reflecteth his condition; for he was not attired with the vesture of utter servitude

Manuscripts (7)Publications (1)Translations (5)Notes (6)

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

INBA14:462-468

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v014/?page=464

INBA53:063-068

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v053/?page=65

INBA67:148-155

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v067/?page=150

INBA_4011C:127-134

Not yet online

INBA_6006C:074-077

Not yet online

INBA_6010C:458-464

Not yet online

PR. Manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series (William McElwee Miller Collection). https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47

PR07.064r-065v

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0145

AADA. Rafati, Vahid. Áftáb Ámad Dalíl-i Áftáb. Asr-i-Jadid, 2009. Explores the tradition of Kumayl. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/831.pdf

AADA.014

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/831.pdf#page=21

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.134x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=141

GOH.165-168x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=172

GOH.194x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=201

GOH.251x

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=258

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

HURQ.BB44x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/352/

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.459.18

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=473

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.055

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=67

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.072

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=23

SRC.199

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=49

GOH.077

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=84

GOH.164

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=171