Selections from the Writings of the Bab

This is a pocket-sized edition of Selections from the Writings of the Bab which contains a number of the Bab's tablets and addresses: the Qayyumu'l-Asma (the Bab's Commentary on the Surih of Joseph from the Qur'an); the Persian Bayan; the Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs); the Kitab-i-Asma (Book of Names); and various other writings, prayers, and meditations.

"...It is hoped that the reader will be inspired by these selections to learn more about the life of the Bab, the Prophet-Herald of the Baha'i Faith, and to delve into the writings of Baha'u'llah--the One for Whom the Bab gave His Life." --National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States

Selections from the Writings of the Bab was first issued in 1976 in a hardcover edition by the Baha'i World Centre, Haifa, Israel. A lightweight edition with an index was issued in 1982. This pocket-sized edition includes paragraph numbering, and is published with the permission of the Baha'i World Centre.