The passage of the
Bayán which
Bahá’u’lláh here quotes draws the attention of the believers to the imminence of the coming of “Him Whom God will make manifest”. Its prohibition of marriage with a non-
Bábí and its provision that the property of a husband or wife who embraced the
Faith could not lawfully pass to the non-Bábí spouse were explicitly held in abeyance by
the Báb, and were subsequently annulled by Bahá’u’lláh before they could come into effect. Bahá’u’lláh, in quoting this law, points to the fact that, in revealing it, the Báb had clearly anticipated the possibility that the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh would rise to prominence before that of the Báb Himself.
One of the titles of the Báb.