Ocean of Lights

Tarazat

Ornaments

2100 words

حمد و ثنا مالک اسما و فاطر سما را لایق و سزاست که امواج بحر ظهورش امام وجوه

Translation:

Official translation

Praise and glory beseem the Lord of Names and the Creator of the heavens, He, the waves of Whose ocean of Revelation surge… Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of the world

Abstract:

Proclaims six ‘ornaments’: knowledge of self and acquiring a useful profession, fellowship with all religions, possessing a good character, truthfulness and trustworthiness, preserving the station of craftsmanship, and the importance of acquiring knowledge and of fairness in newspaper reporting.

English (1)

Arabic (1)

Persian (1)

#	Name		Source	Translations
#1	Ṭarázát (Ornaments)		Source Persian	Translations Arabic

#	Name		Source	Translations	Resources
#1	الطرازات		Source Persian	Translations English	Resources

#	Name		Source	Translations	Resources
#1	طرازات		Source Persian	Translations English Arabic	Resources

Manuscripts (8)Publications (7)Translations (10)Musical interpretations (1)Notes (5)

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_Or07851.002a

Not yet online

KB. Digital images of books and manuscripts orginally hosted at the Kitábkhániy-i-Bahá’í website (bahailib.com), now hosted at https://bahai-library.com/bahailib

KB_262:063-074

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/262.pdf#page=063

CMB. Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, E.G. Browne collection. See BRHL for details. Link to catalog entries: https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/subject_sh2009116570

CMB_F32.064

Not yet online

PR. Manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series (William McElwee Miller Collection). https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47

PR05.020a-030b

https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/C0723-1-47_c0132

OSAI. Ottoman State Archives in Istanbul. OSAI_TC refers to “Turkish Presidency State Archives of the Republic of Turkey” (T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Devlet Arşivleri Başkanlığı), manuscript HR.SFR.4 982/5. OSAI I.MMS refers to Irade-Meclis-i Mahsus ms 36/1475 (confiscated in Istanbul from the Bahá'ís who were sent by Bahá'u'lláh from Edirne to sell a few horses; these Writings were in the saddlebags of the horses)

OSAI_TC 20v-25r

Not yet online

MKA. Manuscripts from the Milli Kütüphane library, Ankara

MKA.06 Mil Yz A 2791 p01

Not yet online

MKI4523.147

Not yet online

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.1753.046-054

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84470396/f55.image

ZYN. [Majmú`iy-i mubárakih: alváḥ-i-khaṭṭ-i-zayn]. India, 196-. Compilation of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Published without title, photostatically reproduced from a manuscript in the hand of Zaynu’l-Muqarrabín

ZYN.182

Not yet online

ISH. Ishráqát va Chand Lawḥ Dígar. BPT Iran, 196-?. Collection of Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/27.pdf

ISH.147

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/baha/G-L/I/ishraqat/ishr147.gif

UAB. Uṣúl-i `Aqáyid-i Bahá'íyán. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1983. Basic principles of the Bahá’í Faith. http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf

UAB.045cx

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=24

UAB.045dx

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=24

UAB.047ax

http://www.loomofreality.org/sources/UAB.pdf#page=26

TBP. Majmú`i'í az Alváḥ-i Jamál-i Aqdas-i Abhá kih ba`d az Kitáb-i Aqdas Názil Shudih. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1980. Original language version of TB. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/tablets- bahaullah/

TBP#04

https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/tablets-bahaullah/tablets-bahaullah.pdf#page=10

TUM. Tumansky, Alexander G. Kitabe akdes "sviashchenneĭshaia kniga" sovremennykh babidov. 1899. Handlist, in Russian, with the full texts of some well-known Tablets of Bahá’u’láh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. http://bahaiarc.org/images/Research/Aqdas-Tumansky.pdf

TUM.087-091x

http://bahaiarc.org/images/Research/Aqdas-Tumansky.pdf#page=138

TB. Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Bahá’í World Centre, 1978. Republished by U.S. BPT under the title “Fountain of Wisdom”. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/bahaullah/tablets-bahaullah/

TB#04

http://www.bahai.org/r/117057684

BPRY. Bahá'í Prayers. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2002. Mult. editions. Standard prayer book. Catalog quotes from 2002 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/prayers/bahai-prayers/

BPRY.197x

http://www.bahai.org/r/701951403

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.024x

http://www.bahai.org/r/716325250

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.218-219x

http://www.bahai.org/r/114849639

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v03#03 p.003x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_3

SW_v08#02 p.027x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_2

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#201

https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_khan_tarazat_etc

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.137 #053-054x

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

BSC#092-099x

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

BNE. Esslemont, John. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. Standard introduction to the Bahá’í Faith, commissioned by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Mult. editions, catalog refers to 1980 pagination. https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298

BNE.155x

https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298

J. Michel

https://youtu.be/0Of7OMHmr1I

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

ROB4.168 et al

https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V4/Contents.html

BKOG. Balyuzi, Hasan. Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory. George Ronald, 1980

BKOG.382

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23

EBTB. Balyuzi, H.M. Eminent Bahá’í's in the Time of Bahá’u’lláh. George Ronald, 1985. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/ebtb.pdf

EBTB.062

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/ebtb.pdf#page=62

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.158

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-158.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#340

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#340