The Bab's Persian Bayan
H-Bahai
Translations of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Texts, No. 4 (July, 1997 - )


The Persian Bayan of Sayyid `Ali Muhammad Shirazi, the Bab

1.3 - 1.19

trans. Dr. Denis MacEoin





The Third Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that Ali has returned to the world, together with those
who believed in him and those who believed in someone else. He was the
second to believe in the Point, after the Letter Sin.


The Fourth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that Fatima has returned to the life of the world, with
those who believed in her, and those who believed in someone else.


The Fifth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that Hasan has returned to the life of the world, with
those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone else.


The Sixth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that Husayn has returned to the life of the world, with
those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone else.


The Seventh Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that 'Ali ibn al-Husayn has returned to the life of the
world, with those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone
else.



The Eighth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that Muhammad ibn 'Ali has returned to the life of the
world, with those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone
else.


The Ninth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that Ja'far ibn Muhammad has returned to the life of the
world, with those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone
else.


The Tenth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that Musa ibn Ja'far has returned to the life of the
world, with those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone
else.


The Eleventh Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that 'Ali ibn Musa has returned to the life of the world,
with those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone else.


The Twelfth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that Muhammad ibn 'Ali has returned to the life of the
world, with those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone
else.



The Thirteenth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that 'Ali ibn Muhammad has returned to the life of the
world, with those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone
else.


The Fourteenth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that Hasan ibn 'Ali has returned to the life of the world,
with those who believed in him, and those who believed in someone else.


The Fifteenth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that His Holiness the Proof has appeared with signs and
explanations in the revelation of the Point of the Bayan, which is
identical to the revelation of the Point of the Qur'an, although the Point
of the Bayan was mentioned in the first place and that of the Qur'an in the
second, while the revelation of His Holiness was mentioned in the fifteenth
chapter.

The hidden meaning of this is that the Point, in the station of
absolute nakedness, which is the pure revelation of God, in which it
manifests itself as God [in person], was mentioned in the first station;
and in the station of determination, which is the Primal Will, it was
mentioned in the second station; and in the station of rising up above all
souls, whch is the special privilege of the fourteenth revelation, it was
mentioned in the fifteenth station.

But the Point itself has ever been and shall ever be in the station
of primacy, and is more worthy of the mention iof all names than are the
names themselves. For example, when the name of divinity exists, there
also exists that of lordship and all the (other names), despite the fact
that appearance in the name of divinity has always been and shall always be
mentioned in the station of the Point. The likenesses of all the names
appear in the elevation of their own places.

Wherefore, He is the First at the same time that He is the Last,
and He is the Hidden at the same time He is the Manifest, and He it is Who
is mentioned by every name at the same time as He is not mentioned by any
name. No god is there but He, the One Who arises, the Self-Subsisting.


The Sixteenth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that the First Gate has returned to the world with every
one who believed in him, whether truly or not.


The Seventeenth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that the Second Gate has returned to the world with every
one who believed in him, whether truly or not.


The Eighteenth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that the Third Gate has returned to the world with every
one who believed in him, whether truly or not.


The Nineteenth Chapter of the First Unity

Concerning this, that the Fourth Gate has returned to the world with every
one who believed in him, whether truly or not.



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