The Writings of The Báb (Holy Verses)

The Writings of The Báb (Holy Verses)

Works Written Before May 23, 1844
Major Works Written in Shíráz (May 22, 1844 and September 10, 1844)
Major Works written between Leaving for Hajj and return to Shíráz (September 10, 1844 and March 1845)
Major Works written in Shíráz (March 1845 and September 23, 1846)
Following Letters are listed in the Kitáb al-Fihrist in Shíráz (March 1845 through September 1846)
Major Works written in Iṣfahán (September 1846 and March 1847)
Works written between Leaving Iṣfahán and Arriving in Mahkau (March 1847 through July 1847)
Works written during the period of Máh-Kú (July 1847 through April 9, 1848)
Works written During the period of Chihriq (Early May, 1848 through July 9, 1850)

Works Written Before May 23, 1844

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Risala-yi Fighiyya
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Risala fi 'l- Suluk
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Risala fi 'l-Tasdid
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Ziyara Jami'a Kabira
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Tafsir Surat al-Baqara

Major Works Written in Shíráz (May 22, 1844 and September 10, 1844)

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Qayyum al-Asmá’
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Tafsir Ḥadíth al-Jariyya
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Ziyaratnama-i- ‘Alí
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First Letter to Muḥammad Sháh
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First Letter to Mírzá Áqási
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Tablets to Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-Majíd & Najib Páshá, Valí of Baghdád
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Sahifa Makhzuna

Major Works written between Leaving for Hajj and return to Shíráz (September 10, 1844 and March 1845)

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Letter to Sharif Sulaymán
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Letter to Sharif of Mecca
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Letter to Siyyid Hasa
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Sahifa bayna'l-Haramayn
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Kitáb al-Ruh
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Khasail-i-Saba
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Tafsir al-Basmala
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Second letter to Muḥammad Sháh
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Second Letter to Mírzá Áqási
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Asuhra
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Sahifa Amal al-Sana
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Kitáb al-Fihrist
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Kutaba written in Búshihr
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Another Kutba written in Búshihr
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Letter to Khal-i-Azam

Major Works written in Shíráz (March 1845 and September 23, 1846)

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Sahifa-yi-Jafarriyya
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Dua-yi-Alf
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Sahifa-yi-Adliyya
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The Risala Fru al-Adliyya
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Kitáb al-Tahra
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Tafsir Surat al-Kawthar
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Tafsir Ayat al-Núr
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Tafsir Ḥadíth Nahnu Wajh Alláhه
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Tafsir Surat al-Qadr
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Tafsir Surat al-Tawhid (Ikhlas)
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Tafsir Man arafa Nafsahu fa-qad arafa Raabbahu
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Tafsir on letter Ha of Huwa 1
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Tafsir on Letter Ha of Hwa 2
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Tafsir Ḥadíth al-Haqiqa (Kumayl)
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Bayán Illat Tahrim al-Maharim
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Bayán Jabr wa Tafwid
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Bayán Taqarub wa Tabaud
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Bayán fi ‘Ilm al-Jawamid wa 'l-Mushtaqat
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Bayán fi-Nahw wa 'l-Sarf
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On Rashtí's Commentary on the Kutba al-Tutunjayya of ‘Alí
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Tafsir Ḥadíth Kullu Yawm Ashura
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Kitáb (Surat) al-Ulama
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On the Apostay of Mullá Javád Vilyani
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Tafsir "Essence of ‘Alí is the essence of God"
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On Bada
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On Illness
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On the Hajj
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On Gematria and Alchemy

Following Letters are listed in the Kitáb al-Fihrist in Shíráz (March 1845 through September 1846)

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Five Letters to Mullá Ḥusayn
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Three Letters to Mírzá Siyyid Ḥasan
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Letter to Mullá Ḥasan Gawhar
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Letter to Sulṭán Abd al-Majíd
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Six Letters to Hajj Mírzá Siyyid ‘Alí
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Two Letters to Ḥájí Mullá Muḥammad
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Two Letters to His wife
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Letter to Imam Hanbali
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Letter to Imam Maghribi
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Letter to Imam Hanafi
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Letter to Quddús
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Letter to Mírzá Abd al-Baqi Rash
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Letter to Hajj Muḥammad Karim Khán
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Letter to Mírzá Siyyid Ḥasan Khurasání
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Letter to Shaykh Rafai
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Two letters to Mullá Sadig Khurasání
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Letter to Shaykh Khalaf
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Letter to Shakyh Sulaymán
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Letter to Siyyid Ibrahim Mahallati
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Letter to Siyyid ‘Alí Kirmání
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Letter to Sulaymán Khán
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Khutba written in Banakan
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Khutba on Id al-Fitr
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Khutba written in Jidda
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Khutba on the sufferings of Imam Ḥusayn
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Three Khutbas written on the way to Mecca
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Khutba for Mullá Ḥusayn writtn on board ship
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Khutba on the ‘Ilm al-Huruf
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Jawab al-Masá’il (Answers to 41 questions)
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Prayer in response to 20 questions
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Prayer in response to Alawiyya
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Prayer in reply to Mula Abd al-Khaliq Yazdí
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Prayer in reply to Karbalai ‘Alí Asghar
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Prayer on the Sijdat al-Shukr in reply to Mullá Abd al-Jalil Urumi
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Prayer in reply to Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí Nahri
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Prayer in reply to Mullá Aḥmad Khurasání, Dibil, and the son of Mírzá ‘Alí al-Akhbari
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Prayer in reply to Mullá Ibrahim Mahallati
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Prayer in reply to Siyyid Jafar Shubbar
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Letter to Muḥammad Káẓim Khán

Major Works written in Iṣfahán (September 1846 and March 1847)

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Tafsir Sura Wa'l-Asr
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Nubuwwat Khassa
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His beliefs concerning Islam, response to some charges laid against Him, Oneness of God, Changless religion
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Al-Wahid la Yasduru minhu illa 'l-Wahid
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Allamani Akhi rasul Alláh 'ilma ma Kana ....
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Commenting on Du'a al-Sabah
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Commentary on a tradition by Imam Riḍá "There is no act ... but that God ...issued a decree concerning it"
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Al- Lawami al-Badi (First Ishraq). Along the lines of Lawami al-Ḥusayniyya of Siyyid Káẓim Rash
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Commentary on Nahnu aqrab ... man habl..
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Istifhamat al-Qur’án
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Sharh Kayfiyyat al-Miraj
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Risala al-Ghina
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Risala-yi Dhahabiyya
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Answers to three questions: Meaning of Yawn al-Qiyama, statement about Ṭáhirih and Refuting the Ghuluww on His station
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Letter on Letters of the Alphabet

Works written between Leaving Iṣfahán and Arriving in Mahkau (March 1847 through July 1847)

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Third Letter to Muḥammad Sháh
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Towgi Sháh ‘Abdu’l-Aziam
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Letters to the Ulama of near by Qazvín
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Third Letter to Mírzá Áqási

Works written during the period of Máh-Kú (July 1847 through April 9, 1848)

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Bayan-i-Farsi
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Bayan-i-Arabi
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Persian Dalail-i-Saba
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Arabic Dalail-i-Saba
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Nine commentaries on Qur’án

Works written During the period of Chihriq (Early May, 1848 through July 9, 1850)

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Lawh-i-Hurufat (Kitáb-i Haykal/ Kitáb-i Hayakil/Kitábi dar hayakil-i Wahid)
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The Haykal al-Din
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Kitáb al-Asmá’ (Kitáb-i-Chahar Shan)
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Kutba-yi-Qahriyya
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KItab-i-Panj Shan (Shu'un-i-Khamsa)
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Letter to Mullá Báqir Tabrízí
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Letter to Mullá Aḥmad Ibdal Maraghai
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Subject of Qaimiyya
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Instruction to follow Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrui
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Proclaimation of Qaimiyya
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Letter to His uncle
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Concerning Qurrat al-Ayn
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Letter to Mullá Aḥmad Muallim Hisari
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Letter to Áqá Siyyid Aḥmad Yazdí
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Letter to Qurrat al-Ayn
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Forth Letter to Muḥammad Sháh
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Fifth Letter to Muḥammad Sháh
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Ziyaratnama for Shaykh Ṭabarsí
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Ziyarat al-Zahra
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Salawat for Muḥammadm Fatima and Imams