Ocean of Lights

Suriy-i-Haykal

Surih of the Temple

20670 words

سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان

Notes:

Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries

Translation:

Official translation

Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive.

Abstract:

The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh.

English (1)

Arabic (1)

#	Name		Source
#1	He is the Most Wondrous, the All-Glorious!		Source Arabic

#	Name		Source	Translations	Resources
#1	سورة الهيكل		Source Arabic	Translations English	Resources

Manuscripts (4)Publications (5)Translations (87)Musical interpretations (2)Notes (5)

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

INBA34:001

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=3

BLIB. Manuscripts in the British Library, London, listed by Or number. For a handlist of works of the Báb see Chapter 25 of https://archive.org/details/descriptivelisto00brituoft/page/n3. Regarding manuscripts in the series Or16590 through Or15740, which together comprise half of all known works of Bahá’u’lláh, including some 4,000 items which are uniquely accessible in this series: These were the bequest of a descendent of the family of Bahá’u’lláh; were mostly transcribed by Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, and are likely to have been derived in part from the two stolen satchels of Bahá’u’lláh’s papers mentioned in GPB p.249 and MMK4#189 p.276. While included here owing to their importance, their degree of fidelity to the originals has not yet been ascertained

BLIB_Or15705.001

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15735.002

Not yet online

IOM. Bábí Manuscripts in the Institute of Oriental Languages (later Institute of Oriental Manuscripts), St. Petersburg. See "Die Sammlung von Morgenlandischen Handschriften" (1865), pp. 57ff. and http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf

IOM.099

http://www.orientalstudies.ru/eng/images/pdf/p_wmo_2_2015.pdf#page=99

NRJ. Nidá-i-Rabb-i-Junúd. Bahá’í World Centre, n.d. Original language texts corresponding to SLH. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord-hosts

NRJ#1

http://www.bahai.org/r/454147411

AQA. Áthár-i Qalam-i A`lá (7 vols). Bombay and BPT Iran, 1890-1978. Collection of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh: Vol. 1 is the "Kitáb-i-Mubín" comprising the Súriy-i-Haykal and other Tablets in descending order of length; Vol. 2 also in descending order of length and based on earlier manuscripts containing the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as the first item; Vol. 3 includes early and mystical works; vol. 4 is best-known works from the Baghdad and Adrianople periods (two versions, 4a preceding 4); vol. 5 is Tablets mainly addressed to Bahá’ís in Qazvín. Republished by the Canada Association for Bahá’í Studies (2002- 2006) in 3 volumes, vol. 1 = old Vol. 1 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/565.pdf), vol. 2 = old vols. 2,3,4 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/566.pdf), vol. 3 [typescript] = old vols. 5,6,7 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/567.pdf). Pagination in this catalog follows the old series but Tablet numbering follows the new series

AQA1#001

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-6.html

AQA4#090 p.268

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/566.pdf

HYK. Lawḥ-i Haykal. Bombay, 1890. Collection of Tablets including the Súriy- i-Haykal. Corresponds in part to AQA1

HYK.002

Not yet online

YMM. Rafati, Vahid. Yádnámiy-i Miṣbáḥ-i-Munír. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2006. Biography and notes of Abdi Misbah. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf

YMM.153x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=161

SLH. The Summons of the Lord of Hosts. Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 2002. Bahá’u’lláh’s call to the monarchs of the world. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/summons-lord- hosts/

SLH#01

http://www.bahai.org/r/991628547

COC. The Compilation of Compilations (3 vols.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Australia, 1991, 2000. Inventory refers to the continuous numbering of original publications, which is lost in the online version. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_1, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_2, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/compilation_compilations_3

COC#0301x

Not yet online

COC#1648x

Not yet online

ADJ. Shoghi Effendi. The Advent of Divine Justice. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1939. Often reprinted; pagination follows the 1990 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/advent- divine-justice/1#862028771

ADJ.080-081x

http://www.bahai.org/r/153777598

ADJ.085ax

http://www.bahai.org/r/203848402

ADJ.085x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/

COF. Shoghi Effendi. Citadel of Faith. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1965. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/citadel- faith/

COF.101bx

http://www.bahai.org/r/146217191

GPB. Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1944. History of the first century of the Bahá’í Faith. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/god- passes-by/

GPB.099x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/756163672

GPB.101x3x

http://www.bahai.org/r/537615561

GPB.101-102x

http://www.bahai.org/r/537615561

GPB.102x

http://www.bahai.org/r/268300110

GPB.106x

http://www.bahai.org/r/653814373

GPB.143x

http://www.bahai.org/r/005665955

GPB.173x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/727675615

GPB.174x

http://www.bahai.org/r/756893340

GPB.186x

http://www.bahai.org/r/823751656

GPB.206x4x

http://www.bahai.org/r/539873127

GPB.207x11x

http://www.bahai.org/r/429879984

GPB.207-208x

http://www.bahai.org/r/429879984

GPB.208x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/383317169

GPB.209x6x

http://www.bahai.org/r/688688198

GPB.210x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/060619143

GPB.211x

http://www.bahai.org/r/245900823

GPB.226x

http://www.bahai.org/r/523077538

GPB.227x3x

http://www.bahai.org/r/234543951

GPB.245x

http://www.bahai.org/r/820516802

GPB.331x

http://www.bahai.org/r/172515055

PDC. Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi- effendi/promised-day-come/

PDC.007x

http://www.bahai.org/r/429771115

PDC.020x

http://www.bahai.org/r/347401552

PDC.042-043x

http://www.bahai.org/r/204431938

PDC.046x

http://www.bahai.org/r/088195124

PDC.046-047x

http://www.bahai.org/r/088195124

PDC.047x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/840425169

PDC.047-048x

http://www.bahai.org/r/840425169

PDC.048x

http://www.bahai.org/r/840425169

PDC.048-049x

http://www.bahai.org/r/840425169

PDC.049x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/106714445

PDC.049-050x

http://www.bahai.org/r/106714445

PDC.050x4x

http://www.bahai.org/r/144746211

PDC.050-051x

http://www.bahai.org/r/144746211

PDC.051x3x

http://www.bahai.org/r/389387382

PDC.051-052x

http://www.bahai.org/r/389387382

PDC.052x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/996038255

PDC.052-053x

http://www.bahai.org/r/996038255

PDC.053x

http://www.bahai.org/r/876395066

PDC.054x

http://www.bahai.org/r/901605073

PDC.055x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/257332660

PDC.055-057x

http://www.bahai.org/r/257332660

PDC.057x

http://www.bahai.org/r/744382029

PDC.057-058x

http://www.bahai.org/r/744382029

PDC.065-067x

http://www.bahai.org/r/232880252

PDC.067x2x

http://www.bahai.org/r/422850437

PDC.067-068x

http://www.bahai.org/r/422850437

PDC.068x3x

http://www.bahai.org/r/949830139

PDC.073x

http://www.bahai.org/r/081520638

PDC.075x

http://www.bahai.org/r/611556049

PDC.078x

http://www.bahai.org/r/317204472

PDC.081x3x

http://www.bahai.org/r/193594659

PDC.085x6x

http://www.bahai.org/r/421525411

PDC.090x3x

http://www.bahai.org/r/958457268

PDC.106-107x

http://www.bahai.org/r/865029395

PDC.107x

http://www.bahai.org/r/865029395

PDC.119x

http://www.bahai.org/r/139372601

PDC.136-137x

http://www.bahai.org/r/727548667

PDC.138x

http://www.bahai.org/r/929729464

PDC.144-145x

http://www.bahai.org/r/407717945

PDC.161-162x

http://www.bahai.org/r/603951647

PDC.166x

http://www.bahai.org/r/478838951

PDC.168-169x

http://www.bahai.org/r/183440750

PDC.169x

http://www.bahai.org/r/639707429

PDC.173-174x

http://www.bahai.org/r/492601762

PDC.181-182x

http://www.bahai.org/r/388105851

PDC.196x

http://www.bahai.org/r/774554129

WOB. Shoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1938. Pagination refers to 1991 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/world- order-bahaullah/

WOB.104x

http://www.bahai.org/r/265848210

WOB.107x

http://www.bahai.org/r/752862317

WOB.108x

http://www.bahai.org/r/699306799

WOB.109x3x

http://www.bahai.org/r/499303803

WOB.109-110x

http://www.bahai.org/r/499303803

WOB.110x

http://www.bahai.org/r/411401253

WOB.117x

http://www.bahai.org/r/622219253

WOB.138x

http://www.bahai.org/r/497677543

WOB.163x

http://www.bahai.org/r/784120322

WOB.169x

http://www.bahai.org/r/764973220

WOB.192x

http://www.bahai.org/r/501100125

WOB.192x

http://www.bahai.org/r/501100125

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#140

https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_surih_haykal_haddad

BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

BSC.209 #392-434

http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

G. Major and T. Sutton

https://youtu.be/LNCje8AoXxE

L. Manifold and P. Weber

https://youtu.be/GjKk7_prwQg

ROB. Taherzadeh, Adib. The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh (4 vols.). George Ronald, 1974-1987. Vol. 1: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V1/Cover.html, Vol. 2: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Cover.html, Vol. 3: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Cover.html, Vol. 4: https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V4/Cover.html

ROB3.133

https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Contents.html

JRAS. Browne, E.G. “Catalogue and Description of 27 Bábí Manuscripts”. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: Cambridge, 1892. https://bahai- library.com/browne_catalogue_manuscripts_one

JRAS.292-309

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/b/browne_catalogue_manuscripts_one.pdf#page=-139

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.179

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=191

GSH. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ganj-i Sháyigán. BPT Iran, 124 B.E. [1967]. Summaries of best-known works of Bahá’u’lláh. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS

GSH.131

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-131.html

LL. “The Leiden List of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh”. Sen McGlinn, ed. Index of ~500 Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. This catalog references the March 1999 version: https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai- library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html

LL#306

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#306