| Prologue | Quality of the first wave of seekers of the Promised One. |
| Section 1: The Quest Begins | The i’tikáf at the KĂşfa mosque, and the movement of the first wave of seekers to ShĂráz. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 3 (50-52, p71, p82-82. |
| Section 2: The Qá’im Reveals Himself | The meeting of the Báb with Mullá Husayn and the Declaration of the Báb that He is the promised One. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 3, p52-65. |
| Section 3: And They Became the Letters of the Living | How the eighteen Letters of the Living came to recognise the Báb. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 3, p65-83, p80-81. |
| Section 4: The Báb: Birth to 1844 | The Báb’s main life events from birth including parents, other family members, childhood, youth, wife, marriage, son who died, up to His Declaration in May 1844. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 1, p14; Chapter 3, p49-50, p62, p72-80; Chapter 13, p248-250, p253; Chapter 17, p303; and other sources referenced in footnotes. |
| Section 5: The First Wave is Sent Out | Signs of the coming of the Qá’im; the coming of twin Manifestations; the Báb’s address to the Letters of the Living and their dispersion. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 2, p41-42 and Chapter 3, p87-p94, p96. |
| Epilogue | Prophecies of Twin Manifestations; and metaphoric interpretation of signs of Day of Resurrection-Judgement given in previous Scriptures. |
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