Ocean of Lights

Letter to Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani

470 words

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذکر ربک للورقة الحمراء عن یمین بحر الابیض لا اله الا هو قل ایای فاخرجون اقرء کتاب ربک ثم اسجد لامره و انه لا اله الا هو قل ایای فاسمعون

Translation:

Provisional translation

Alif. Lam. Mim. [Revealed from] The Dhikr (Remembrance) of thy Lord unto the Crimson Leaf at the right-hand side of the snow-white Ocean.

Publications (2)Translations (1)Notes (3)

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.181-182

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/167.pdf#page=185

NSS. Rafati, Vahid. Nasím-i-Saḥarí. Bahá'í-Verlag, 171 B.E. [2014]. Shaykhí concepts in the Bábí and Bahá’í Writings. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf

NSS.182-183

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=180

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

HURQ.BB24

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/490/

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#03.10

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

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.460.04

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.033

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=45