A Bahá'í Glossary - Appellations of Báb

Appellations of Báb

In the Writings of various Religions, Báb is referred to in many ways. The most common ones are listed below. You may have clicked on one of His appellations which are linked to this glossary entry.

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Appellation	Meaning	References
'Abdu'd̲h̲-D̲h̲ikr	Servant of the Remembrance	[BD 1], [BG 4]
Alí	Given name	[BD 15]
Alí Muḥammad	Given name	[BD 15]
Báb	the Gate	[BD 28], [BG 10], [KA 252], [DB 674], [GWB 347]
Bábu'lláh	Gate of God	[BD 30], [BG 10]
Baqíyyatu'lláh	Remnant of God	[BD 44], [BG 11], [DB 674]
Best Reward		[SWB 49]
D̲h̲ikr-'lláh	Remembrance of God	[BD 71]
Endowed with constancy		[BD 189]
Eternal Truth		[SWB 45], [SWB 48]
Exponent of His Revelation		[SWB 81]
Focal Point of God's Will		[SWB 105]
Forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh		[BD 28]
Forerunner of the Ancient Beauty		[BG 10]
Gate, the	Báb	[BD 28]
Gate of God	Bábu'lláh	[BD 30], [BG 10]
Great Announcement		[SWB 74]
Great Remembrance of God		[SWB 70]
Guided One, the	Mihdí, Mahdí	[BD 155], [BD 190] TOP
Hadrat Báb	His Holiness the Báb	[BD 93]
Hadrat-i-A'lá	His Holiness, Most Exalted One	[BD 93]
Herald, the		[BD 101]
Herald of a new Dawn		ABG
Herald of a New Era		[BG 10]
Herald of Bahá'u'lláh		[BD 30]
He Who shall arise	Qá'im	[BD 190]
He Who shall arise of the family of Muḥammad	Qá'im-i-ál-i-Muḥammad	[BD 190]
His Holiness	Hadrat, Hadrat-i-A'lá	[BD 93]
Ḥujjat	the Proof	[BD 228]
Ḥujjatu'lláh	Proof of God	[BG 19]
Lord of Remembrance	Siyyid-i-D̲h̲ikr	[BD 212]
Lord of the Age	Sáhibu'z-Zamán	[BD 141], [BD 200]
Mahdí	Guided One, the	[BD 155]
Manifestation of God		[BD 30], [BD 143-4]
Manifestation of the Unity and Oneness of God		[BG 10]
Mihdí	Guided One, the	[BD 155]
Most Exalted One	Hadrat-i-A'lá	[BD 93]
Most Excellent Abode		[SWB 66]
"My First Name"	of Bahá'u'lláh	[BG 10] TOP
Mystic Fane		[SWB 74]
Nuqtih	Point	[BD 185]
Nuqtiy-i-úlá	Primal Point	[BD 185]
Point	Nuqtih	[BD 185]
Point of the Bayán		[BD 181]
Point of the Qu'rán		[SWB 83]
Primal Point	Nuqtiy-i-úlá	[BD 185]
Promised One of Islam		[BD 188]
Promised One of Zorastrian	úshídar-Máh	[BD 233]
Proof of God	Ḥujjatu'lláh	[BG 19]
Proof, the	Ḥujjat	[BD 228]
Prophet endowed with constancy		[BD 189]
Prophet-Founder of the Bábí Faith		[BD 28]
Prophet-Herald of Bahá'u'lláh		[BG 10]
Qá'im	He Who shall arise	[BD 190]
Qá'im-i-ál-i-Muḥammad	He Who shall arise of the family of Muḥammad	[BD 190]
Qurratu'l-'Ayn	Solace of the eyes	[SWB 49]
Remembrance of God	Dhikr-'lláh	[BD 71]
Remnant of God	Baqíyyatu'lláh	[BD 194], [BG 11], [DB 674]
Return of Elija		[BG 10] TOP
Return of John the Baptist		[BG 10]
Return of the Twelfth Imám		[BG 10]
Sáhibu'z-Zamán	Lord of the Age	[BD 200]
Servant of the Remembrance	'Abdu'd̲h̲-D̲h̲ikr	[BD 1], [BG 4]
Siyyid		[BD 212]
Siyyid Alí Muḥammad	Given name	[BD 28]
Siyyid-i-Báb		[BD 212]
Siyyid-i-D̲h̲ikr	Lord of Remembrance	[BD 212]
Solace of the eyes	Qurratu'l-'Ayn	[SWB 49]
Sun of Reality		[FWU]
Supreme Talisman		[SWB 45]
Twelfth Imám		[BD 228]
Twin Lote Trees	Báb & Bahá'u'lláh	[BD 200]
Ús̲h̲ídar-Máh	Promised One of Zorastrian	[BD 233]
Vicegerency of God		[SWB 66]
Wronged One		[SWB 70] TOP

[ABG]

See also: Báb; God Passes By, pp. 49, 57-60

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