Arabic Bayán
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The Arabic Bayán is a book written by the Báb
around 1848. Its larger sister book is the Persian Bayán
. The work is incomplete, containing only eleven Vahid
s. Each Vahid serves as a chapter and contains nineteen Abwab. The grammar is highly irregular. The work was composed while the Báb was imprisoned in Maku, Iran
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Báb
Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází was the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the Bahá'í Faith. He was a merchant from Shíráz, Persia, who at the age of twenty-four claimed to be the promised Qá'im . After his declaration he took the title of Báb meaning "Gate"...
around 1848. Its larger sister book is the Persian Bayán
Persian Bayán
The Persian Bayán is one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb, the founder of Bábi religion, written in Persian. The Báb also wrote a shorter book in Arabic, the Arabic Bayán.- Content:...
. The work is incomplete, containing only eleven Vahid
Vahid
Vahid is the transformed version of the Arabic name in Persian, Turkish & Bosnian. Since there is no W sound in Persian, Turkish and Bosnian, it is written and pronounced with a V.The meaning of Vahid in Arabic is "Unique" or "The One". -People:...
s. Each Vahid serves as a chapter and contains nineteen Abwab. The grammar is highly irregular. The work was composed while the Báb was imprisoned in Maku, Iran
Maku, Iran
Maku is a city in the West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 41,865, in 10,428 families.It is situated from the Turkish border in a mountain gorge at an altitude of 1634 metres. The Zangmar River cuts through the city. The common languages in Maku are Kurdish and...
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