Recantation of the Bab

To appease the 'ulama and calm public excitement, he was then brought to the Friday congregation in the Vakil mosque and urged by Shaykh Abu Turab, the imam jum'a of Shiraz (and a friend of the Bab’s uncles), to renounce claims made by or attributed to him. In conformity with his own policy of prudence, in his statement from the pulpit the Bab denied claims to the Imam’s representation or deputyship, though he did not (and was not requested to) extend his denial to the claim of Qa’imiya itself. In a written statement, apparently produced under pressure, he again recanted any claims to the position of Babiya (gatehood), disowned those who advocated such beliefs, and added: “If certain words flowed from my pen, they are purely instinctive and entirely against the accepted norms and thus not to be taken as proofs of any cause.” To the satisfaction of the relatively tolerant Shaykh Abu Turab and perhaps the relief of his own family, the Bab’s statement saved him from the death penalty sought by some mujtahids and diverted public attention from him.

(Abbas Amanat, Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Babi Movement in Iran, 1844-1850, Page 255)

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