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number forty is typological only and does not necessarily indicate a period of forty consecutive days, but rather took place over the course of several months. The Qayyūm al-asmā was the earliest and most central book of the Bábi faith in its first year. Preachers of the Bábi faith, like Mullah
Hussein Bushru'i, took copies of the essay and distributed it outside of Shiraz. While many were electrified by the messianic claims in the book, its spread in cities and communities throughout the Islamic world precipitated early backlashes from some conservative Islamic authorities.
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335:(in Arabic: البسملة), meaning the Muslim invocation Bismillah al-raḥman al-raḥim ("In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate"), which appears at the top of every surah in the Quran except the ninth. The appearance of this formula, unique to the structure of the Quran, adds to the connection that the author sought to create between the existence of
367:, the Báb writes: "We have brought down this book about our servant and our servant a divine permit resembles ." In the first Surah of the Book, the Hidden Imam says: "We have revealed to you all that God has revealed to us ." Here the Báb is depicted as a mediator between the Hidden Imam and humanity.
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Along with these 'moderate' statements, one can find in the book 'bold' statements that describe this book as a new revelation from God, that is, as the new Quran. These statements bring the status of the Báb closer to that of a prophet. Elsewhere in the book one can find verses that proclaim the Báb
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is considered to be the first major book written by the Báb after the commencement of his mission. In the evening hours of May 22nd, 1844, the Báb proclaimed himself as a divine emissary, the Báb (gate), and then later the return of the
Twelfth Imam, whom the Shiites are waiting to return at the end
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This composition is different from any regular interpretation of Surat Yusuf: much of the book deals with the religious and messianic doctrines of the Báb, with only a slight connection to the
Quranic Surah. There are almost no elements in the composition that mention the interpretation of a typical
270:(Arabic: أحسانُ القصص), meaning the 'best' of 'most beautiful of all stories, an allusion to the Surah about which the book is ostensibly focused on. "Ahsan al-Qisas" comes from the well-known name for Surat Yusuf in general, derived from the third verse of that chapter of the Qur'an (Surah 12:3).
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According to the claims of Bábi believers, the writing of the book — hundreds of pages long — was relatively quick. It is described in their writings that the Báb wrote the entire book in 40 days, in a kind of ecstasy of divine inspiration. However, academic sources suggest that the
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is an esoteric commentary on the story of Joseph and the principles of Islam, inwardly it stakes a much larger claim, making evocative and enigmatic addresses to humanity on the need for renewed spiritual and ethical teachings. It guardedly announces the birth of a new and hidden cause, and the
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The method of interpretation in the book is allegorical-esoteric and mystical: (Arabic: تأويل) a commentary which is actually a revelation. In this work, the interpretation of the Quran becomes a divine revelation, and revelation is used as a tool for interpretation. The entire composition is
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Quran, but it is a kind of new composition that stands by itself. In the few times that the Báb writes an interpretation of a particular
Quaranic verse, this interpretation is in the form of an allegorical and esoteric interpretation —
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of days to fill the earth with justice after its being filled with oppression, a figure widely considered as the inaugurator of the eschatological age and the end of human history. In the
299:"the first, the greatest and mightiest of all books". The Báb wrote the first surah of the book, called Surat al-Muluk (Arabic: Surah al-Maluk), or Surah of the Kings, in the presence of
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arrival of the Day of God; simultaneously he aims to prepare the world for the imminent arrival of the "Promised One" of all ages, while himself making veiled and direct claims to divine
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157:(Arabic: قيوم الأسماء; transl. "The Self-Subsisting Lord of All Names") is the first major work by Siyyid ʻAlí Muhammad Shírází (Arabic: سيد علي محمد شيرازي), the
250:". Its meaning in Arabic can be rendered as "the maintainer of the names " or "The Self-Subsisting of All Names". The names here refer to the 99 names of
197:, the content often strays significantly from the explicit meaning of the text. The composition is deliberately similar in its structure and style to the
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The composition consists of 111 Surahs, the same as the number of verses in the
Quranic Surat Yusuf. At the top of each sura appears the
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inspired by the model of the
Quranic style, with a considerable amount of Quranic terminology. For example, in Surah 4 verse 13 in the
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Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees: A commentary on the Sura of Joseph, "The Best of
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Translations of Surahs of the Qayyūm al-asmāʼ, of the Sayyid ʻAlī Muhammad, the Bāb (1819-1850)
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he brought with him on his mission. He later faced death during imprisonment related to these charges.
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