Persian Bayán

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The Persian Bayán (Persian: بیان‎ ) is one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb. Although he started it, it was left unfinished at his death. It is believed that it and its smaller cousin, the Arabic Bayán, were to be completed by another (see below).

1 Unities and Chapters
2 Unfinished work
- 2.1 Subh-i Azal
- 2.2 Bahá'u'lláh
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Unities and Chapters

Both books were envisaged to have 19 unities (váhids) each with 19 chapters (so 361 sections) as the number had special significance within the movement.

[edit] Unfinished work

Both versions of the Bayán were incomplete; the Persian Bayán had 9 unities and 10 chapters, with the Arabic Bayán having 11 unities. There are two major claims to the position were put forward, however neither presented a completed book.

[edit] Subh-i Azal

Subh-i Azal laid claim to the position through the Azali apology Hasht-Bihisht and the notes from E.G. Browne's interviews. He was appointed as leader of the Bábí movement after the Báb died and also believed this extended to authorship of the Bayán. This is supported by the what is thought to be the Báb's will and testament.[1].

Subh-i-Azal did not complete the Persian Bayan but wrote a supplement to the the Persian Bayán which builds it up to eleven unities to match the Arabic Bayán.[2]

[edit] Bahá'u'lláh

Bahá'ís, led by Bahá'u'lláh, claim that this was left only to He whom God shall make manifest - a messianic figure in the Bábí religion which Bahá'u'lláh claimed to be. Bahá'ís claim that Bahá'u'lláh's book, the Kitáb-i-Íqán was the completion[3].