Ocean of Lights

150 words

شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو یحیی من یشاء بما جری من قلمه البدیع قد سبقت رحمته

Translation:

Provisional translation

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He quickeneth whomsoever He willeth through that which floweth from His wondrous Pen. Verily His mercy hath preceded all [3.5s]

Manuscripts (4)Publications (1)

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_Or15729.143c

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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_22848:349

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/833.pdf#page=351

BSB.Cod.arab. Manuscript at Bayerische StaatsBibliothek (Bavarian State Library). BSB Cod.arab.2644 is viewable at https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV040215102

BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p180r

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MKI4522.349

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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

AQA2#028 p.191

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/Q2/q2-6.html