Ocean of Lights

Suriy-i-Ahzan

3410 words

ان یا سیاح الاحدیه سبح فی قلزم الکبریاء الذی ظهر باسمی الابهی و جرت علیه سفن

Translation:

Provisional translation

O thou who art the pilgrim of Divine Oneness! Swim thou in the ocean of grandeur which hath been manifested through My Most Glorious Name, whereon sail the barques [3.5s]... ...Would that thou wert standing at this moment before the Throne and couldst hear how the melodies of eternity

Abstract:

Expatiates on the sorrows experienced by Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, taking in part the form of a mystical conversation between the two.

Arabic (1)

#	Name		Source	Resources
#1	سورة الأحزان		Source Arabic	Resources

Manuscripts (7)Publications (5)Translations (3)Notes (4)

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

INBA37:085

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v037/?page=92

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_Or15694.494

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15723.212

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15737.052

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_BH2.125

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf#page=125

NLAI_BH2.265

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NLAI.BH2_.pdf#page=265

ALIB. Manuscripts from the Afnan Library. https://afnanlibrary.org. ALIB.folder18 can be found at http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ALIB.folder18.pdf

ALIB.folder18p034-047

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ALIB.folder18.pdf

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#733

https://www.bahai.org/r/534037046

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

AQA4#086 p.221

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

AQA4a.075

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/baha/A-F/A/aqa4/4aqa075.jpg

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

ASAT5.351x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/431.pdf#page=181

AMB. Ayyám-i-Mutabarrakiy-i-Bahá’í: Muntakhabátí az Áthár-i-Názilih az Qalam-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Bahá’u’lláh. Original language version of Days of Remembrance (DOR). https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/days-remembrance/

AMB#39x

https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/days-remembrance/7#632320419

DOR. Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh for Bahá’í Holy Days. Bahá’í World Centre, 2016. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/days- remembrance/

DOR#39x

http://www.bahai.org/r/289246526

LTDT. Ma'ani, Baharieh. Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees. George Ronald, 2008. Histories and related Writings regarding the women of the Holy Household. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf

LTDT.080x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=97

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#092

https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_surih_ahzan

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

ROB2.397

https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V2/Contents.html

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.155

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=167

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.114

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-114.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#289

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#289