| The Báb's commentary
on the Súrih of Joseph,
the first chapter of which was revealed in the presence of Mullá
Ḥusayn on the evening of 22 May 1844. The Qayyúmu'l-Asmá was,
according to Bahá'u'lláh,
'the first, the greatest and mightiest of all books' of the Báb.3 |
| Written in Arabic, the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá is composed of over 9300
verses divided into 111 chapters, each of which is a commentary on one verse of the Súrih of Joseph.
Its fundamental purpose, Shoghi
Effendi has written, 'was to forecast what the true Joseph (Bahá'u'lláh)
would in a succeeding Dispensation, endure at the hands of one who was at once His arch-enemy and blood brother.'4 |
| The Bábís regarded
the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá as their 'Qur'án'.
Some of its pages were taken to Bahá'u'lláh by Mullá Ḥusayn,
whereupon Bahá'u'lláh immediately became a follower of the Báb.
In contrast, Shoghi Effendi writes, the book 'inflamed the hostility of Ḥusayn K̲h̲án and precipitated the initial
outbreak of persecution in S̲h̲íráz. . .'5 The entire text was translated
into Persian by Ṭáhirih. |
| [BD 190-191] |
 |
| The Báb's
commentary on the Súrih
of Joseph (Qur'án 12). It is regarded by the Bábís as their Qur'án The first
of 111 chapters was revealed by the Báb on His Declaration night
in the presence of Mullá
Ḥusayn. Ṭáhirih translated it into Persian. The fundamental purpose of this book--" 'The first, the
greatest and mightiest of all books' in the Bábí Dispensation"--was to forecast what Bahá'u'lláh would have to endure from His faithless brother. (GPB 23). |
| [BG 41] |
|
| The Báb's
commentary on the Súrih
of Joseph in the Qur'án.
Revealed in 1844, this work is characterized by Bahá'u'lláh as "the first, the greatest, and mightiest of all books"
in the Bábí Dispensation. |
| [KA 253-254] |
|
| One of the chief works of the Báb. |
| [GWB 350] |
|
| See also: Súrih of Joseph |
