Ocean of Lights

Lawh-i-Naqus

Subhanaka Ya Hu

1040 words

یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش

Translation:

Official translation

This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies

Abstract:

Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the declaration of the Báb.

Arabic (1)

#	Name		Source	Resources
#1	سبحانك يا هو (لوح الناقوس)		Source Arabic	Resources

Manuscripts (3)Publications (7)Translations (5)Notes (6)

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

INBA36:466

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v036/?page=467

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_Or15706.083

Not yet online

BLIB_Or15714.020

Not yet online

AHM. Ad‘íyy-i Ḥaḍrat-i Maḥbúb. Egypt, 1339 A.H. [1920]. Prayers and Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Often reprinted. Pagination refers to original typesetting. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/556.pdf (Century Press 2004 reprint, with i'rab), https://oceanoflights.org/table/bahaullah-prayers-and-meditations-02-fa/ (typescript)

AHM.141

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/AHM/ahm-141.html

AYT. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ayyám-i Tis`ih. Kalimat, 1981. Reprinted by Mir’at, 2008. Tablets and historical notes on Bahá’í Holy Days. Pagination refers to original edition. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-1.html

AYT.100

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-100.html

NSR. Nasá'im al-Raḥmán. Beirut, 1993. Prayers and Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1 (1993 edition; a 1978 edition has different pagination)

NSR_1993.099

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-97.html

TSQA. Bayḍa’í, Ni’matu’lláh Dhaká’í. Tadhkiriy-i Shu`aráy-i Qarn-i Avval-i Bahá'í (4 vols.). BPT Iran, 1964. Biographies of poets in the first Bahá'í century. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/278.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/279.pdf, Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/280.pdf, Vol. 4: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/281.pdf

TSQA4.293

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/281.pdf#page=294

ABMK. Abwáb al-Malakút. Beirut, 1975. Occasional prayers and Tablets. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/365.pdf

ABMK.040

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/365.pdf#page=43

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#26

https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/days-remembrance/5#128549946

RMT. Muhandis ‘Ináyat Khudá Sifídvash. Alváḥ Raqá’im va Madárik-i-Taríkhí Marbúṭ bih Dawrán-i-Ḥayát-i-Arbáb Síyávash Sifídvash. n.p., 1997. Biographical materials; contains many facsimiles of original Tablets. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/alvah_raqaim_va_madarik-i-tarikhi_marbut_bih_dawran-i-hayat-i-arbab_siyavash_sifidvash.pdf

RMT.023

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/alvah_raqaim_va_madarik-i-tarikhi_marbut_bih_dawran-i-hayat-i-arbab_siyavash_sifidvash.pdf

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#26

http://www.bahai.org/r/317253486

RBB. MacEoin, Denis. Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism. Cambridge, 1994. Monograph. https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism

RBB.169-172

https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism

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#122

https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_naqus_maceoin

BLO_PT#123

https://bahai-library.com/lambden_naqus

BLO_PT#124

https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_ridvan_khan

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

ROB2.018

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

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.130

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/ebtb.pdf#page=130

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

BKOG.206

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

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.103

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=115

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.071

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/GS/gs-71.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#288

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#288