Ocean of Lights

Khasa'il-i Sab'ih

Treatise of the Seven Directives

140 words

الامر الاول من الشعائر السبعة هو حمل الدائرة المنیعة المبارکة و الثانی منها ترک الغلیان

Translation:

Provisional translation

The first command of the seven religious practices is to carry the blessed, protective circle. The second of them is to abandon the water pipe.

Publications (3)Translations (4)Notes (5)

HBAB. Muḥammad-Ḥusayní, Nuṣrat'u'lláh. Ḥaḍrat-i Báb. Canadian Association for Bahá’í Studies, 1995. Biography of the Báb. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/377.pdf

HBAB.765

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/377.pdf#page=778

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.099

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AHDA.pdf#page=113

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.A022

https://oceanoflights.org/file/Bab-BKW-22.pdf

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.300

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=307

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

HURQ.BB16x

https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/411/

KSHK. “Kashkul”. Blog with provisional translations by W. McCants. Aug. 2010- . http://www.kashkul.org/. Translations of several dozen brief Writings of the Báb are posted at http://www.kashkul.org/brief-writings- of-the-bab/ (accessible via archive.org)

KSHK#02

https://web.archive.org/web/20211026145946/http://www.kashkul.org/2010/08/24/babs-first-laws-before-the-bayan/

KSHK.BWB

https://web.archive.org/web/20211026145946/http://www.kashkul.org/brief-writings-of-the-bab/

DB. Nabíl Zarandí. The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation. Shoghi Effendi, ed. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1932. http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/

DB.143

https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/db-27.html#pg143

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.052

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=64

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.061-062

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=17

SRC.186

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/SRC.pdf#page=42

GOH.300

http://chupin.ru/library/NaderSaiedi/Gate_of_the_Heart.pdf#page=307