Ocean of Lights

Commentary ln the Lawh-i-Ra'is, the martyrdom of Badi', and other subjects

18700 words

الحمد لله الذی وفی بالوعد و انزل الموعود من سماء مشیته و اظهر ما کان مسطورا... اول نور ظهر و اشرق و لاح و ابرق

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be unto God Who hath fulfilled His promise and sent down the Promised One from the heaven of His Will, making manifest that which was inscribed... The first Light hath appeared, shone forth, gleamed and flashed [3.5s]

Manuscripts (4)Publications (9)Notes (4)

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_Or07852.004

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15714.089x

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15733.117x

Not yet online

Majlis210461.093-095x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/majlis_210461.pdf

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK2.244.08x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-245.html

AYI. Áyát-i-Ilahi (2 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1996. Daily readings: short passages from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/12.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/13.pdf

AYI1.259x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AI1/ai1-253.html

MAS. Má'idiy-i Ásmání (8 vols.). BPT Iran, 129 B.E. Reprinted in 3 volumes by Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India 1984-1985 (new vol. 2, writings of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá, = old vols. 2, 5, 9; new vol. 3, writings of Shoghi Effendi, = old vols. 3, 6) and Mir’át 2005 (new vol. 1, writings of Bahá’u’lláh, = old vols. 1, 4, 7, 8). Vols. 1, 4, 7, 8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/; vols2. 2, 5, 9: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Vol. 9 exists in two different typesettings and paginations; this catalog uses the pagination contained in the BPT India reprint, which trails the online version by several pages

MAS7.174-255

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS7/mas7-174.html

BALM. Bargí az Daftar-i Zindigí-yi Buzurg. Private publication, 1991. Bozorg Alavian: His Life and Memories

BALM.006x

Not yet online

ASAT. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Asráru’l-Áthár (5 vols.). BPT Iran, 1973. Encyclopedic glossary of Bahá’í terminology.
Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/428.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf, Vol. 4: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf, Vol. 5: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf

ASAT4.082x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=43

AKHA. Akhbár-i Amrí (mult. vols.). BPT Iran, 1922-1980. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_130BE #11 p.ax

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

TSHA. Malik-Khusraví, Muḥammad 'Alí. Táríkh-i-Shuhadá-yi-Amr (3 vols). BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973]. History of the martyrs. Vol. 1: https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/malikkhusravi/shuhadi/Shuhadi_1.pdf; Vol. 2: https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/malikkhusravi/shuhadi/Shuhadi_2.pdf

TSHA3.375x

https://adibmasumian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tsha3.pdf#page=383

TSHA3.399x

https://adibmasumian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tsha3.pdf#page=407

MSBH. Sulaymání, ‘Azízu’lláh. Maṣábíḥ-i Hidáyat (10 vols.). BPT Iran, mult. dates (106-132 B.E.). Vols. 1 and 2 exist in two editions. Biographies of prominent early believers. Digitally reprinted in 2018 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/masabih-i-hidayat; vol. 10 at https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/sulayman/masabih10/Masabih_Hidayat_v10.pdf

MSBH4.534-535x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/250.pdf#page=265

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

ROB3.179

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

ROB3.251

https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V3/Contents.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#357

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#357

LL#367

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#367