The Importance of Prophetic Cycles in Islam

Many of his followers and those who met him often report that he was able to just improvise divinely inspired verses in a very rapid speed. The largest and most significant is often considered the so-called Persian Bayan which he wrote while imprisoned in Maku. Many of his ideas were probably highly influenced by esoteric movements within Sheism and also Sufism. In a way the Bob's teachings and Babism can thus be seen as an extremely esoteric interpretation of Shia Islam.