Introduction by 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 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