The first, interpretive, stage comprises works written up to the middle of the first month of A.H. 1262 (A.D. 1846).
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Fi's-Suluk I (On the Virtuous Journey I) |
Very early work was written before the declaration of the Báb and even before the death of Siyyid Kazim. |
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BB00297 |
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Fi's-Suluk II (On the Virtuous Journey II) |
Written after the Báb's declaration. |
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BB00065 |
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Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Baqarih I (Commentary on the Surih of the Cow I) |
Written within a year, was completed at the end of A.H. 1260 (A.D. 1844). |
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BB00008 |
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Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Yusif (Commentary on the Surih of Joseph), commonly referred to as the Qayyumu'l-Asmá' (The Self-Subsisting Lord of All Names) |
Began on the night of the Báb's declaration in May 1844 and completed during the next forty days. |
111 chapters |
Crucial text; interprets various verses of the Qur'anic Surih of Joseph in terms of the principle of progressive revelation, disclosing both the station of the Báb and of Bahá'u'lláh. |
BB00002 |
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Sahify-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle) |
Written shortly after the declaration of the Báb. |
Fourteen prayers and visitation tablets |
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BB00018 |
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Kitabu'r-Ruh (Book of the Spirit) |
Written at sea during the Báb's return journey from Mecca. |
Large work, consisting of approximately seven-hundred short surihs. |
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BB00009 |
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Tafsir-i-Bismillah (Commentary on Bismillah) |
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BB00022 |
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Sahifiy-i-A'mal-i-Sanih (Epistle on the Devotional Deeds of the Year) |
Written between Mecca and Medina, on the first day of A.H. 1261. |
An introduction and seven chapters |
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BB00025 |
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Sahifiy-i-Bayna'l-Haramayn (Epistle Revealed between the Twin Shrines) |
Written between Mecca and Medina, on the first day of A.H. 1261. |
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BB00019 |
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Kitabu'l-Fihrist (Indexical Tablet) |
Written in Bushihr on Jumadi'th-Thani 15, 1261 (June 21. 1845), shortly after the Báb returned to Iran from Mecca. |
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BB00128 |
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Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih (Epistle of Rida') [also known as Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyyih] |
Written at different times, many sermons were written during the journey to Mecca and Medina. |
Fourteen sermons |
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BB00137 |
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Sharh-i-Du'a'-i-Ghaybat (Commentary on the Occultation Prayer), also called Tafsir-i-Ha' (Interpretation of the Letter Ha') and Sahifiy-i-Ja'fariyyih (Epistle of Ja'far) |
Written in the early to middle part of the first month of A.H. 1262. |
Fourteen chapters |
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The second, philosophical, stage consists of works the Báb wrote during the remainder of His stay in Shíráz and His six months of residence in Isfahan (January 1846 - April 1847).
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Sahifiy-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Root Principles) |
Written in the second half of the first month of 1262 (late January 1846). |
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The first major work that the Báb wrote in Persian. |
BB00017 |
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Sahifiy-i-Furu-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Branches) |
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BB00039 |
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Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Kawthar (Commentary on the Surih of Abundance) |
Written during the final months of the Báb's stay in Shíráz ... around May 1846. |
Long work |
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BB00007 |
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Tafsir-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Letter Ha') |
Written after the Commentary on the Surih of Abundance, but before the Báb's departure for Isfahan. |
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BB00021 |
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Tafsir-i-Sirr-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha') |
Written shortly after the Commentary on the Letter Ha'. |
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BB00029 |
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Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Va'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surih of the Afternoon) |
Written in one night, in October or November 1846, during the Báb's stay in Isfahan. |
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BB00010 |
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Risaliy-i-Ithbat-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khassih (Epistle on the Proofs of the Prophethood of Muhammad) |
Written in Isfahan. |
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BB00014 |
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Tablet to Mirza Sa'id |
Written in Isfahan. |
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One of the most explicit and complex philosophical writings of the Báb. |
BB00064 |
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Risalah Fi'l-Ghina' (Treatise on Singing) |
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The third, legislative, stage encompasses works written during the period from the Báb's departure from Isfahan for Maku in April 1847 to His martyrdom in July 1850.
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Bayán-i-Farsi (Persian Bayán) |
The greater part of this work was written in the prison of Maku. |
Comprising of nine vahids (unities) of nineteen chapters or bábs (gates) - with the exception of the last unity, which has only ten gates. |
The Mother Book of the Bábí Dispensation |
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Bayánu'l-Arabi (Arabic Bayán) |
The greater part of the work was written in Maku. |
While much shorter in length than the Persian Bayán, the Arabic Bayán contains eleven full unities, whereas the Persian Bayán ends with gate 10 of the ninth unity. |
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BB00020 |
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Dala'il-i-Sab ih (Seven Proofs) |
Written in Maku. |
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Tablet to Mulla Baqir [Mulla Muhammad-Baqir Tabriz] |
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BB00078 |
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Kitabu'l-Asmá' (Book of Divine Names) |
Some of the chapters were written during the Báb's imprisonment in Maku, and others while He was in Chihriq. |
More than three thousand pages. Consists of nineteen unities and 361 gates (chapters). |
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BB00003 |
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Kitab-i-Panj Sha'n (Book of the Five Modes of Revelation) |
Written within the first days of the spring of 1850. |
Nineteen chapters |
The Tablet of Hurufat, or Tablet of Nineteen Temples, is one of the chapters. |
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