| The Persian Bayán is the major doctrinal work of the Báb,
which Shoghi Effendi has described as a 'monumental repository of the laws and precepts of the new Dispensation and the treasury enshrining most of the Báb's
references and tributes to, as well as His warning regarding, "Him
Whom God will make manifest"12 Revealed in the fortress of Máh-Kú,
the Persian Bayán comprises some 8000 verses and is divided into nine sections
called Váḥids, of nineteen
chapters each, except for the last Váḥid which has ten chapters. The book, Shoghi
Effendi has written, 'should be regarded primarily as a eulogy of the Promised
One rather than a code of laws and ordinances designed to be a permanent guide
to future generations.'13 In the third Váḥid the Báb specifically refers
to the name of the Promised
One and anticipates His World Order: 'Well is it with him who fixeth his gaze upon
the Order of Bahá'u'lláh,
and rendereth thanks unto his Lord. For He will assuredly be made manifest. God hath indeed irrevocably ordained it in the Bayán.'14 This statement,
according to Shoghi Effendi,
'deserves to rank as one of the most significant statements recorded in any of the Báb's writings'.15 |
| [BD 44-45] |
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| Exposition; "The repository of the laws ordained by the Báb."
(GPB 17). "Peerless among the doctrinal works of the Báb"
(GPB 17). "Designedly severe....Drastic...." (Ibid.) Interspersed with "unnumbered
passeges...in which He fixes the date of the promised Revelation...." (GPB 28). Title
given by the Báb to His
Revelation, particularly His Books. |
| [BG 12] |
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