Ocean of Lights

Commentary on a verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma

3690 words

هذا کتاب من لدنا لمن آمن بالله و سلطانه الذی کان علی العالمین محیطا لیذکر المظلوم الذی

Translation:

Provisional translation

This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God and His sovereignty which encompasseth all the worlds, that the Wronged One may mention [3.5s]

Manuscripts (4)Publications (16)

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_Or11096#010

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15740.031x

Not yet online

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_BH3.192

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NLAI.BH3_.pdf#page=192

BN. Manuscripts at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Listed by manuscrits Arabe number. Searchable here by shelfmark: https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/advancedSearch/

BN_suppl.1754.031-037

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100877777/f34.image

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

AVK1.242.14x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-267.html

AVK1.318x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-343.html

AVK1.321.18x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-346.html

LHKM. La'álíy-i Ḥikmat (3 vols.). Editora Baha’i-Brasil, 1991. Collection of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh assembled in part from the papers of Vahid Behmardi. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/561.pdf, https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-published-13-fa (typescript); Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/562.pdf, https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-published-14-fa (typescript); Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/563.pdf

LHKM2.047

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/LH2/lh2-47.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

AYI2.067x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AI2/ai2-53.html

AYI2.068x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AI2/ai2-54.html

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

ASAT3.009x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/429.pdf#page=6

ASAT5.282x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=146

ASAT5.368x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=189

ASAT5.369x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=189

RAHA. Davúdí, ‘Ali-Murád. Raháyí. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2010. Collected works, compiled and edited by Vahid Rafati. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/raha.pdf

RAHA.126-127x

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/raha.pdf#page=130

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.325x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=333

YMM.357x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=365

YMM.359x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=367

YMM.385x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=393

YMM.396x