Editing Bábism (section)

===He whom God shall make manifest===<!--several pages point to this section title -->
One of the core Bábí teachings is that a new prophet would soon come, whom the Báb termed '''He whom God shall make manifest''' ({{langx|ar|من يظهر الله}}, {{langx|fa| مظهر کلّیه الهی}}), a messianic figure that would complete the revelation that the Báb begun.{{sfn|Warburg|2006|p=7}}<ref name="farah">{{cite book |title=Islam: Beliefs and Observances |first=Caesar E. |last=Farah |location=Woodbury, NY |publisher=Barron's Educational Series |year=1970 |url=http://bahai-library.com/farah_islam_beliefs_observances}}</ref> The Báb describes this messianic figure as the origin of all divine attributes, and states that his command is equivalent to God's command.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pYfrAQAAQBAJ |title=A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith |date=2013-10-01 |publisher=Oneworld Publications |isbn=978-1-78074-480-3 |page=180 |language=en}}</ref> Unlike earlier religions in which references to future promised figures were occasional and only in hints and allusions, the entirety of the [[Persian Bayán|Bayan]], the mother book of the Bábí dispensation, is essentially a discourse on a messianic figure, even greater than himself, that the Báb refers to as "he Whom God shall make manifest". The Báb always discusses his own revelation and laws in the context of this promised figure.{{sfn|Saiedi|2008|p=344}} The essence and purpose of the Báb's own mission, as he always stressed, was to prepare the people for the advent of him.{{sfn|Saiedi|2008|p=1}} He asks his followers to independently investigate and look for the promised one, and recognize him out of his own intrinsic reality, works and attributes, and not due to any reasons external to him.{{sfn|Saiedi|2008|pp=290–291}} He even warns them not to be deprived of the promised one by arguing against him from the works of the Báb, the same way the followers of the previous religions opposed the next prophet while citing their holy scriptures.{{sfn|Saiedi|2008|pp=290–291}} Furthermore, the Báb speaks of the imminence of the advent of the promised one and refers to the time of his advent as year nine and nineteen.{{sfn|Saiedi|2008|pp=348–357}} After the Báb's execution in 1850, there were some Bábis who claimed to be "He whom God shall make manifest".{{sfn|Smith|2000|pp=118, 180}} Later in 1863, nineteen years after the declaration of the Báb, [[Baháʼu'lláh]] privately laid claim to be the messianic figure, and made his claim publicly in 1866–1868. His claim was by far the most successful. The majority of the Bábis followed him and later became known as [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼís]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Amanat |first=Abbas |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/971223468 |title=Iran : a modern history |date=2017 |isbn=978-0-300-11254-2 |location=New Haven, CT |page=246 |oclc=971223468}}</ref> The [[Azalis]] (those Babis who did not accept Baháʼu'lláh) objected to Baháʼu'lláh's statement.{{sfn|Smith|2000|p=180}}{{sfn|Hutter|2005b|pp=737-740}}