Ocean of Lights

200 words

کتاب نزل بالحق لقوم یفقهون و یامر الناس بالعدل و التقی و یمنعهم عن البغی و

Translation:

Official translation

A Book sent down in truth unto men of insight! It biddeth the people to observe justice and to work righteousness

Manuscripts (1)Publications (2)Translations (2)Notes (1)

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

INBA34:290

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v034/?page=292

GWBP. Muntakhabátí-az-Áthár-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Bahá’u’lláh. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2006. Persian/Arabic edition of GWB. https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/gleanings- writings-bahaullah/ and https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/15.pdf

GWBP#141 p.197

http://www.bahai.org/r/810918204

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

AQA1#155

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q1/q1-160.html

GWB. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1935. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/bahaullah/gleanings-writings-bahaullah/

GWB#141

http://www.bahai.org/r/906413368

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.032x

http://www.bahai.org/r/870655891

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#187

http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#187