Persian Bayán
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| From the Báb |
| From ʻAbdu'l-Bahá |
| From Shoghi Effendi |
The Persian Bayán (Template:PerB) is one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb, the founder of Bábism, written in Persian.[1] The Báb also wrote a shorter book in Arabic, the Arabic Bayán.
Content
The Persian Bayán near the end of 1847 or the beginning of 1848, while the Báb was imprisoned in Maku.[2] The book contains elements of Bábí law, discussion of religious concepts, and the glorification of He whom God shall make manifest.[1] It was on of the Báb's first works which he clear states that he is the messianic figure of the Twelfth Imam and the Mahdi which the Shi'as were expecting.[2] With the claim, he also also claimed the abrogation of the Islamic dispensation, and uses the new Bábí law to abrogate Islamic law.[2] The whole book also revolves around the praise of He whom God shall make manifest, promising the coming of a major prophet termed a Manifestation of God; this would be of major importance with Bahá'u'lláh's claim two decades later.[2] Shoghi Effendi considered it a "eulogy of the Promised One", who had abrogated the laws of Islam, and prophesied about the coming of the Bahá'í Faith.[1][3]
Unities and chapters
The books was intended to be composed of nineteen 'unities' each of nineteen chapters, consisting of a total of 361 sections, which had numerical significance, but is was left incomplete and stops in the ninth 'unity'.[1] It was intended to be finished by "He whom God shall make manifest", a messianic figure in the Báb's writings. Bahá'ís consider Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán as it's completion.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Smith, Peter (2000). "Bayán". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. p. 91. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
{{cite encyclopedia}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ a b c d Momen, Moojan (1987). "Preface: A Summary of the Persian Bayan". Oxford: George Ronald. pp. 316–318. ISBN 978-0-85398-247-0.
{{cite book}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Text "Selections from the Writings of E.G. Browne on the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions" ignored (help) - ^ Effendi, Shoghi (1944). God Passes By. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. p. 25. ISBN 0877430209.
Further reading
- The Báb (1976). Selections from the Writings of the Báb. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. ISBN 1931847304.
- Browne, Edward Granville (1987). Momen, Moojan (ed.). Selections from the Writings of E.G. Browne on the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853982473.