‘Ghiyath’ And ‘Mustaghath’
1. Bayan’s Provision
The People of Bayan base their argument on the provisions of the Persian Bayan, Wáhid ii, BÂB 16; ii, 17, iii.15, vii, 10, wherein it is laid down that a minimum period of 1511 years, or a maximum period of 2001 years (represented respectively by the numerical values of the words Ghiyath and Mustaghath according to the Abjad notation, the period of 2001 years is also expressed in figures in Wáhid II, BÂB 11) must elapse between the dispensation of the Primal Point and the coming of Him-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest. The people of the Bayan also argue that from the time of the martyrdom of the Primal Point in 1850 until Baha's defection of the Primal Point in Edirne in 1866, to all appearance, Baha was as loyal a follower of Subh-i Azal, the Point's successor, as he had previously been of the Point.
They further argue that since Baha could not destroy Subh-i Azal's successorship, which was an open secret, Baha knocked at another door and pretended to be Him-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest, independently of Bayan.