Arabic Bayán
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Arabic Bayán is a central doctrinal work of the Báb that outlines the laws, theology, and prophetic claims foundational to Bábism and anticipatory of Baháʼu'lláh.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arabic Bayán canonical | 8 |
| Bayán (Arabic Bayán) | 1 |
| البيان العربي | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9418728 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arabic Bayán Context triple: [the Báb, wrote, Arabic Bayán]
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A.
Ijaz al-Bayan
Ijaz al-Bayan is a significant mystical-philosophical treatise by the Sufi thinker Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, exploring advanced themes in Islamic metaphysics and spiritual realization.
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B.
Arabic Wikisource
Arabic Wikisource is the Arabic-language edition of Wikisource, a free online digital library of source texts in the public domain or under free licenses.
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C.
al-Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an
al-Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an is a renowned classical Arabic lexicon that explains rare and significant Qur'anic vocabulary, widely used in Qur'anic exegesis and linguistic studies.
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D.
Kitab of Sibawayh
The Kitab of Sibawayh is a foundational 8th-century treatise on Arabic grammar that systematized the language and became the central reference work of the Basra grammatical tradition.
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E.
Damascene Arabic
Damascene Arabic is the urban dialect of Levantine Arabic spoken in Damascus, Syria, known for its distinctive phonology and prestige in Syrian media and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arabic Bayán Target entity description: Arabic Bayán is a central doctrinal work of the Báb that outlines the laws, theology, and prophetic claims foundational to Bábism and anticipatory of Baháʼu'lláh.
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A.
Ijaz al-Bayan
Ijaz al-Bayan is a significant mystical-philosophical treatise by the Sufi thinker Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, exploring advanced themes in Islamic metaphysics and spiritual realization.
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B.
Arabic Wikisource
Arabic Wikisource is the Arabic-language edition of Wikisource, a free online digital library of source texts in the public domain or under free licenses.
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C.
al-Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an
al-Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an is a renowned classical Arabic lexicon that explains rare and significant Qur'anic vocabulary, widely used in Qur'anic exegesis and linguistic studies.
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D.
Kitab of Sibawayh
The Kitab of Sibawayh is a foundational 8th-century treatise on Arabic grammar that systematized the language and became the central reference work of the Basra grammatical tradition.
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E.
Damascene Arabic
Damascene Arabic is the urban dialect of Levantine Arabic spoken in Damascus, Syria, known for its distinctive phonology and prestige in Syrian media and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bábí scripture
ⓘ
doctrinal work ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| anticipates |
Baháʼu'lláh
ⓘ
linked to:
Bahá'u'lláh
|
| associatedConcept | He whom God shall make manifest ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Baháʼu'lláh
ⓘ
linked to:
Bahá'u'lláh
Subh-i-Azal ⓘ |
| author | the Báb ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
laws of the Bábí religion
ⓘ
preparation for a subsequent Manifestation of God ⓘ prophetic claims of the Báb ⓘ theology of the Bábí faith ⓘ |
| composedBy | the Báb ⓘ |
| composedIn | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| doctrinalRole |
foundation of Bábí law
ⓘ
foundation of Bábí theology ⓘ |
| genre |
religious law code
ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Qajar Iran ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| influenced | Baháʼí theology ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| laterCommunityReception |
Baháʼís
ⓘ
linked to:
Baha'i Faith
|
| legalContent |
community regulations
ⓘ
personal status laws ⓘ ritual laws ⓘ |
| mentions | He whom God shall make manifest ⓘ |
| originalCommunity | Bábís ⓘ |
| purpose |
to expound the station of the Báb
ⓘ
to prepare followers for a future Manifestation of God ⓘ to set forth laws for the Bábí community ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Persia ⓘ |
| relatedReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Persian Bayán ⓘ |
| religiousCategory | Islamic-era new religious movement scripture ⓘ |
| religiousMovement |
Bábism
ⓘ
linked to:
Bábí movement
|
| religiousTradition | Bábism ⓘ |
| scripturalFunction |
defines religious obligations for early Bábís
ⓘ
reorients previous Islamic legal concepts ⓘ |
| scripturalLanguageFamily | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | central doctrinal work of Bábism ⓘ |
| statusInBahaiFaith | respected but not binding as law for Baháʼís ⓘ |
| theologicalEmphasis |
exaltation of the Báb’s station
ⓘ
progressive revelation ⓘ |
| titleInArabicScript |
البيان العربي
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabic Bayán
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arabic Bayán Description of subject: Arabic Bayán is a central doctrinal work of the Báb that outlines the laws, theology, and prophetic claims foundational to Bábism and anticipatory of Baháʼu'lláh.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arabic Bayán
linked to: Arabic Bayán