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Section One: Him Whom God Shall Make Manifest
The Báb’s Writings are replete with references about the greatness of “Him whom God shall make manifest” [Man-Yuzhiruhu’lláh]. These Writings also make it clear that His Manifestation is imminent.4_ACT15
The Year Nine
The imminent appearance of the “Him Whom God shall make Manifest” is linked with the “year nine” in the Writings of the Báb:
Rise ye all when ye hear the name of Him Whom We shall make manifest … then in the year nine ye shall attain unto all good.5_ACT15
Ere nine will have elapsed from the inception of this Cause, the realities of the created things will not be made manifest. All that thou hast as yet seen is but the stage from the moist germ until We clothed it with flesh. Be patient, until thou beholdest a new creation. Say: ‘Blessed, therefore, be God, the most excellent of Makers!’ 6_ACT15
Wait thou, until nine will have elapsed from the time of the Bayán. Then exclaim: ‘Blessed, therefore, be God, the most excellent of Makers! 7_ACT15
In the year nine, ye will attain unto the presence of God. 8_ACT15
The “year nine”, counting from and including 1844, makes the year 1852. The end of 1852 is when Bahá’u’lláh, while imprisoned in the prison of Siyáh-Chál in Tihrán,
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