For an official introductory article, see https://www.bahai.org/the-bab
For the publicly editable wiki article, see WikiPedia:Báb
Talks regarding[edit]
- Some Answered Questions, Chapter 8
Laws of the Báb[edit]
Holy Days concerning[edit]
His travels[edit]
- https://bahai-library.com/study/gpb/locationoutline.html (in a sequential list, linked to the relevant Traveler's Narrative, God Passes By, and Dawn-Breakers page numbers)
- http://dailybahaiquote.org/g/glossary/g_glossary_B_MapBab.html (on a map)
From Lights of Guidance (to categorize)[edit]
Duration of the Bab's Dispensation[edit]
"The Bab said that whenever 'He Whom God will make manifest' appears, accept Him. He never said don't accept Him until after the lapse of 1000 years. Also Bahá'u'lláh says that in the year 9 of the Babi Dispensation the time was ripe for the Revelation of 'He Whom God will make manifest.' As the Bab was not only a Manifestation but a Herald of this Bahá'í Faith, the interval between His revelation and that of Bahá'u'lláh was of shorter duration. His Dispensation in a sense will last as long as Bahá'u'lláh's lasts."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to the National Spiritual Assembly of India, December 27, 1941: Dawn of a New Day, p. 94, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1540)
Portrait of the Bab[edit]
"...The portrait of the Bab should be regarded as an inestimable privilege and blessing to behold, as past generations were denied a glimpse of the Face of the Manifestation, once He had passed on."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, November 13, 1944: Bahá'í News, No. 210, August 1948, p. 2, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1546)
The Term "Afnan" Refers to Relatives of the Bab[edit]
"The term 'afnan' means literally small branch, and refers to the relatives of the Bab, both men and women. As the Bab's only son died while in infancy, the former had no direct descendants. The 'afnan' are, therefore, all indirectly related to the Bab.
"As to 'aghsan', it also means branch. But it is a bigger branch than 'afnan'. It refers to Bahá'u'lláh's descendants."
- (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, September 25, 1934, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1548)
