First sūrah/chapter of the Book of Light (kitāb-i-nūr) by Ṣubḥ-i-Azal (translation & transcription)
Autograph MSS. (1) Sūrah of the Exposition ( sūrat’ul-bayān ) In the Name of God the Granderous, the Wise! God, no other god is there besides Him the Living, the Protector, the Peerless! Nothing frustrates Him from that which is in the Heavens and the earth and what is between them, no other god is there besides Him, the Tremendous, the Beloved! Believe in the Bayān of God and that which hath been Revealed in it from its Lord, for it testifies to Him as the angels and the possessors of knowledge testify to God, He is One, bearing witness to this, that, no other god is there besides Him and all are prostrated before Him! For what other god is there besides God, and His Names and Attributes; to Him is the Creation and the Command and all are returning to Him! He is the Lord of All-Things and everything is supplicating towards Him! And to Him are the Most Beautiful Names and the Highest Similitudes! He is glorified by that which is in the Heavens and the earth and what is b
