Ocean of Lights

8350 words

یا عندلیب اسمع الندآء انه یظهر مره باسم الحبیب و اخری باسمی المحبوب و تاره

Translation:

Provisional translation

O 'Andalib! Hearken unto the Call, for verily it appeareth at one time in the name of the Beloved, and at another time in Mine Own name, the Well-Beloved, and again at times [3.5s]... ...The Hand of Omnipotence hath established His Revelation upon an unassailable, an enduring foundation. Storms of human strife are powerless to undermine its basis

Manuscripts (8)Publications (15)Translations (5)Musical interpretations (1)Notes (1)

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_Or15691.040

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BLIB_Or15715.066c

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BLIB_Or15729.028

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NLAI. Manuscripts held at the National Library and Archives of Iran, Tihran. https://www.nlai.ir/ Includes “BH1” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH1_.pdf), “BH2” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf), “BH3” = KB_622 (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH3_.pdf), “BH4” = KB_834 (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH4_.pdf), “BH_AB” (http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH_AB_misc.pdf), and “NLAI_22848” = KB_833 (https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/833.pdf)

NLAI_22848:066

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/833.pdf#page=68

Berlin. Manuscripts held at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Ms or. Oct. 1237 found at at https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN1740194756&PHYSID=PHYS_0007. Ms or. Oct. 3655 found at: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0002E63E00000000

Berlin1237#12

https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN1740194756&PHYSID=PHYS_0007

BSB.Cod.arab. Manuscript at Bayerische StaatsBibliothek (Bavarian State Library). BSB Cod.arab.2644 is viewable at https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV040215102

BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p037v

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UMich. Manuscripts held at the University of Michigan Libraries and hosted by HathiTrust.
Ms 962 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131432. Ms 968 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131499. Ms 991 at: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079131788

UMich962.156-158x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf

MKI4522.066

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BRL. “Bahá'í Reference Library”: Authoritative source of original texts and authorized translations, maintained and frequently updated and expanded by the Bahá’í World Centre. Subsections defined for this catalog: BRL_APBH (Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATBH (Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATE (Additional Tablets, Extracts, and Talks of Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_CHILD (Prayers and Tablets for Children), BRL_CONF2018 (Compilation for the 2018 Counsellor’s Conference), BRL_CONSULT (Consultation; original quotations here), BRL_CUHJ (Compilation on the Universal House of Justice; original language version COMP_CUHJP), BRL_CRISIS (Crisis and Victory), BRL_DA (Digar Alvah – Additional Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_DAK (Digar Alvah va Khitabat – Additional Tablets and talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_FAM (Family Life), BRL_FIRE (Selections from Fire and Light [=NANU]), BRL_IOA (Compilation on the Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith), BRL_IOPF (Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting), BRL_LSA (The Local Spiritual Assembly), BRL_MASHRIQ (The Institution of the Mashruqu’l-Adhkár; original quotations COMP_MASHRIQP), BRL_MEET (Bahá’í Meetings), BRL_PDL (Prayer and Devotional Life; original lquotations COMP_PDLP), BRL_PEACE (Peace; original quotations COMP_PEACEP), BRL_PMDA (Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude), BRL_SOCIAL (Compilation on Social Action), BRL_SCHOLAR (Compilation on Scholarship), BRL_TTT (Twelve Table Talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_SWO (To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages). Sequential numbering may be introduced based on order of entry. https://reference.bahai.org [legacy version with many additional texts]; https://www.bahai.org/library/

BRL_DA#222

http://www.bahai.org/r/140600771

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

AQA2#001 p.002

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q2/q2-6.html

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

AVK3.190.14x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-194.html

AVK3.203.08x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-207.html

AVK3.212.02x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-216.html

AVK3.283.08x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-287.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

MAS4.158x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS4/mas4-158.html

MAS8.007ax

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/MAS8/mas8-7.html

KHSK. Khándán-i Sádát-i Khams. Asr-i-Jadid, 1994. Khamsi family history. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/khsk.pdf

KHSK.015x

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/khsk.pdf#page=15

QT105. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Qámús-i tawqí`-i Maní`-i Mubárak Sanih 105 Badí`, "Asrár-i Rabbání" (2 vols.). BPT Iran, [1961]. Commentary on the Naw-Rúz 105 letter of Shoghi Effendi

QT105.2.163

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QT105.2.217

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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

ASAT1.166x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf#page=89

ADH. Adhkár al-Muqarrabín (2 vols., vol. 2 in two different editions). BPT Iran, 1959. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh (vol. 1) and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (vol. 2); vol. 2 superseded by MMG

ADH1.068x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_1.pdf

ADH1.106x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_1.pdf

QUM. Muḥammad-Ḥusayní, Nuṣratu’lláh. Táríkh-i-Amr-i-Bahá’í dar Shahr-i-Qum. Asr-i-Jadíd, 2005. Regional history. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tarikh-i-amr-i-bahai_dar_shahr-i-qum_vol1.pdf

QUM.028x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tarikh-i-amr-i-bahai_dar_shahr-i-qum_vol1.pdf

BRL_ATBH#36x

http://www.bahai.org/r/905085121

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.217x

http://www.bahai.org/r/953046339

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.109x

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

RKS. Shahídí, Khalíl. A Lifetime with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Reminiscences of Khalíl Shahídí (Ahang Rabbani trans.). Vol. 9 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. n.p., 2008. https://bahai-library.com/rabbani_reminiscences_khalil_shahidi

RKS.005-006x

http://bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_reminiscences_khalil_shahidi.pdf#page=14

S. Jaberi

https://youtu.be/uk1rqQsI-w4

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#051

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#51