Bahai Provisions: A Rehash Of Bayan

9.     Did Baha Read Bayan?
Baha’s statement in the ninth Ishraq that he adopted some of the Bayanic laws and kept some others in suspended animation pending deliberation proves that he did read and study the Bayan.

However in his Epistle to the Son of the Wolf the last book written by him before his death in 1892 and subsequent to the Ishraqat Baha states that “god testifith and beareth Me witness that this wronged one hath not perused the Bayan nor been acquainted with its contents. This much, however, is known and is clear and indubitable that he hath ordained the Book of the Bayan to be the foundation of His words.” and that “we especially appointed certain ones to collect the writings of the Primal Point ………… they completed the task of transcribing two copies of the Works of the Primal Point. I swear by god! This wronged One, by reason of His constant association with men, hath not looked at these books, nor gazed with outward eyes on these writings.”

Conclusion
We have seen that the Aqdas is almost entirely a rehash of the Bayan. The Bayan contains many other laws that have not been treated and dealt with by Baha.

The conclusion is that save where otherwise is provided in the Aqdas the laws in the Bayan stand and remain in effect for Bahais. But how are they to know these laws if no copies of the Bayan are translated and/or made available in full?