Room of the Bab in the House of the Bab, Shiraz, Iran. circa 1978

T he Bab

Collected Works

al-Bayan al-`Arabi (The Arabic Bayan) . In `Abd al-Razzaq al-Hasani, al-Babiyyun wa al-Baha'iyyun fi Hadirihim wa Madihim. Sidon: Matba`at al-`Irfan, 1962. pp. 81-107. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi: H-Bahai, 2003. [See French translation by A.-L.-M. Nicolas.]

Bayan-i Farsi (The Persian Bayan). Tehran: Azali Publication, 1946. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Baha'i, 1999.

Bayan-i Farsi (The Persian Bayan). Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Baha'i, 2010. [189 MB] Created by the UCLA Library and used with permission. UCLA Library: Special Collections. Box 97, MSS 741.

[See French translation by A.-L.-M. Nicolas and INBA Volume 24 and 62 below.

Dala'il-i Sab`ih (The Seven Proofs). Azali Publication: Tehran, n.d. [195?]. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Baha'i, 1998. [See French translation by A.-L.-M. Nicolas.]

Kitáb-i-Asmá' ('The Book of Names' of All Things). MSS., private hands. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Baha'i, 2005.

References: Zölzer-Mehrabkhani, Neysan. "A summary of the Kitáb-i-Asmá' " at www.bahai-library.org. See also English translations of extracts of the Kitáb-i-Asmá in Selections from the Writings of the Bab. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982 at www.bahai-library.org




Majmu`ih-'i Athar-i Hadrat-i A`la (Collected Letters of the Bab). Tehran: Iran National Baha'i Archives (INBA) Private Printing, c. 1977. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 1999-2014.



Volume 24. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 2006. 2nd edition 2014. Contains Bayan-i Farsi (Persian Bayan).

Volume 40. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 1999. 2nd edition 2014. Contains Tafsir Surat wa'l-`Asr, Ithbat an-Nubuwwah al-Khassah, Dar Bayan-i I`tiqadat, Javab-i Su'al-i Hadrat-i Vali, Javab-i Su'al-i Mirza Sa`id Ardistani, Javab-i Su'al-i Hadrat-i Muhammad `Ali Mudhhib, Risalat al-`Alamin al-Ukhra.

Volume 43. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 2000. 2nd edition 2014. Contains al-Bayan al-`Arabi (Arabic Bayan) through page 68, and Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i Aqdas (Most Holy Book) page 69 to the end.

Volume 53. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 2000. 2nd edition 2014. See MacEoin, Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and History, pp. 184, 193-5, 198-200. Includes: Tafsir al-basmala, pp. 1-45; Sharh 'Man `Arafa Nafsahu', pp. 46-53; Bayan Jabr wa Tafwid, pp. 53-56; Sharh Hadith Nahnu Wajh Allah, pp. 56-58; Tafsir Hadith al-Haqiqah, pp. 63-68; Letter to the Governor of Shushtar, pp. 68-75; Tafsir Ayat al-Nur, pp. 75-77; Bayan Taqarub wa Taba`ud, pp. 77-79; Tafsir al-Ha' I, pp. 81-125; Tafsir al-Ha' II, pp. 125-56; Risalih-i Dhahabiyyih II, pp. 157-180; Tafsir for Mirza Hasan Vaqi`ih-Nigar, pp. 385-90; Sharh Kayfiyyat al-Mi`raj, pp. 402-404; Letter Commenting on a Saying of Imam Rida, pp. 404-406; Letter to Mirza Muhammad `Ali al-Mudhahhib, pp. 406-411; Letter to Mirza Sa`id Ardistani, pp. 419-31.

Volume 58. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 2004. 2nd edition 2014. Contains Ad'iyyih, Tablets in honor of his wife, Khadijih-Bagum. Some pages are of poor quality due to images being made from low quality photocopies.

Volume 60. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 2004. 2nd edition 2014. Some pages are of poor quality due to images being made from low quality photocopies. Pages 28-33 are missing.

Volume 62. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 1999. 2nd editon 2014. Bayan-i Farsi (Persian Bayan). Exact same as the Azali edition, Tehran, 1946. References: MacEoin, Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and History, pp. 83-84. Abbas Amanat, Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Babi Movement in Iran, 1844-1850 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989), pp. 409-410; E.G. Browne, "Summary of the Persian Bayan," in E.G. Browne, Selections from the Writings of E.G. Browne on the Babi and Baha'i Religions, ed. Moojan Momen (Oxford: George Ronald, 1987), pp. 316-406. MacEoin remarks: "The most important work of this period [1847-1850]--indeed, the central book of the entire Babi canon--is the Persian Bayan, a lengthy but incomplete work of nine wahids ("unities"), each consisting of nineteen abwab, except for the last, which has only ten . . . Begun in Maku, this book more than any other, contains the mature doctrine of the prophet of Shiraz set out in as near an approximation to a system as could be hoped for . . ." [See also French translation by A.-L.-M. Nicolas.]

Volume 64. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 2004. Contains Epistle to Muhammad Shah, Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi, The Bab's Will and Testmentand other works.

Volume 67. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 2004. 2nd edition 2014.

Volume 69. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI.: H-Bahai, 2000. 2nd edition 2014. Contains Tafsir Surat Tawhid, Tafsir Laylat al-Qadr, Tafsir Surat wa'l-`Asr [not included here but see Surat al-`Asr], Tafsir Surat al-Hamd, Tafsir Surat al-Baqarah, I`tiqadat, Fi Jasad an-Nabi, Jawab Su'alat Thalathat Mirza Muhammad Sa`idzadih fi Basit al-Haqiqah wa ghayrihi, Silsilat ath-Thamaniyyah.





Majmu`ih-`i az athar-i Nuqtih-'i Ula va Subh-i Azal. Tehran, n.d. (1950?). Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 1999)

Panj Sha'n. Tehran, n.d. (196?). Unabridged 462 + page edition. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2000)

Panj Sha'n. Tehran, n.d. (196?). Abridged edition. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2006.

Qayyumu'l al-Asma'. Otherwise known as 'The First Book, Tafsir Sura-al-Yusu, Ahsan-al-Qisas (The Best of Stories). Provisional MSS.[off site].

Qayyumu'l al-Asma'. Provisional MSS. Includes translation in progress by Stephen N. Lambden. [off site].

Qayyum al-Asma', re. Surah of the Bees (From an Arabic MS).
Page 189; Page 190; Page 191

References: MacEoin, Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and History, pp. 55-57; Todd Lawson, "Reading Reading Itself: The Bab's `Sura of the Bees,' A Commentary on Qur'an 12:93 from the Sura of Joseph— Text, Translation and Commentary," Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, vol. 1, no. 5 (November, 1997).

Qismati az Alvah-i Khatt-i Nuqtih-'i Ula va Aqa Sayyid Husayn Katib. First published Tehran, n.d. (1950?). Reprinted, East Lansing, MI: H-Bahai, 2002.

Risalah Dhahabiyyih II Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2005.

Risalah fi an-Nubuwwah al-Khassah (Treatise on the Special Prophethood of the Prophet Muhammad). MS in private hands. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 1999.

Sahifih-'i `Adliyyih. (The Book of Justice). Tehran: 1950? Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 1998.

"Súrah fi's-Sulúk" ("The Journey Towards God"). Tehran Baha'i Archives. Ms. 6006. C., pages or folios 73-74. Typescript Transcription.

References: MacEoin, Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and History, pp. 44-45, 196 [viz. "Risalat at-Tasdid"); Todd Lawson, "The Bab's 'Journey towards God': Translation and Text." Translations of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Texts, vol. 2, no. 1 (January, 1998).

 

Tafsir Surah Wa'l-`Asr (Commentary on the Surah of the Afternoon). Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 1998.

Tafsir Surat al-Baqarah (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow). Iran National Baha'i Archives. Private Printing: Tehran, c. 1977. No. 69, pages 156-410. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 1999.

Tafsir Surat al-Hamd (Commentary on the Fatihah). Iran National Baha'i Archives. Private Printing. Tehran, 1977. No. 69, pages 120-155. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 1999.

Tafsir Surat al-Hamd (Persian Commentary on the Fatihah). Attributed to the Bab. British Manuscript Project, University of Michigan 749(1). Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2003.

Tafsir-i Tafsir Surat al-Hamd (Persian Commentary on the Fatihah). MS in private hands. Second exemplar. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2004.

Tafsir Surat al-Kawthar (Commentary on the Surah of Kawthar). MS in private hands. Scribed in 1847-48/1264 probably by Haji Siyyid Javad-i-Karbalai. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2006.

Tafsir Surat al-Qadr (Commentary on the Surah of Power [Qur'an 97]). Iran National Baha'i Archives. Private Printing, Tehran, c. 1977. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 1999.

Tafsir Surat at-Tawhid (Commentary on the Surah of Unity [Qur'an 112]). Iran National Baha'i Archives. Private Printing, Tehran, c.1977. Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 1999.

Tasbih Fatimah (In Praise of Fatimah). Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 1998.

Vasaya (Will and Testament). Reprinted, East Lansing, Mi.: H-Bahai, 2001.

More provisional Persian and Arabic manuscripts are found at the www.Bayanic.com website.


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