Introduction
Todd Lawson

1. A General Introduction to the Qayyúm al-Asmá’
Muhammad Afnan (translated by Omid Ghaemmaghami)

2. The Commentary on the Sura of Joseph
Nosratollah Mohammadhosseini

3. Khutbat al-iftikhár
Introduced and translated by Khazeh Fananapazir

4. Colours in the Writings of the Báb
Vahid Rafati (translated by Omid Ghaemmaghami)

5. A Grammar of the Divine: Solecisms in the Arabic Writings of the Báb and His Thoughts on Arabic Grammar
William F. McCants

6. Secrets Concealed by Secrets: Taqiyya as Arcanization in the Autobibliographies of the Báb
J. Vahid Brown

7. The Súrat adh-Dhikr of the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ (chapter 108): A Provisional Translation and Commentary
Moojan Momen

8. The Súrat al-‘Abd of the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ (Chapter 109): A Provisional Translation and Commentary
Todd Lawson

9. The Khutba al-Jidda (The Literary Sermon at Jeddah) of the Báb
Stephen Lambden

10. Muhammad Shah Qájár in Four Early Writings of the Báb
Sholeh A. Quinn

11. A Youth of Medium Height: The Báb’s Encounter with the Hidden Imam in Tafsír Súrat al-Kawthar
Omid Ghaemmaghami

12. Phenomenology of Occultation and Prayer in the Báb’s Sahífiy-i Ja‘faríyyih
Nader Saiedi

13. The Báb’s Panj Sha’n (Five Modes)
John Walbridge

14. Undermining the Foundations of Orthodoxy: Some Notes on the Báb’s Sharia (Sacred Law)
Armin Eschraghi

15. Concealment and Burial of the Báb
Translated and annotated by Peter Terry

16. Collusion and Re-creation: Dogen and the Báb as Interpreters of Scripture
Gary Fuhrman

Biographical Notes