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May 21, 2025 3 min

Declaration of the Bab

from Bahá’í Tunes Hosted by Dr. Duane Varan

A song composed to celebrate the 'Declaration of the Bab', commemorating the birth of the Bahá’í dispensation. The lyrics were composed by Duane Varan but the voices, instruments and musical composition were generated using AI. The lyrics are as follows: The Bab paved the way for the Promised One of All Ages His Revelation ran for over 20,000 pages And for every page – a martyr gave their life For every page – His followers suffered in strife The more they tried – to extinguish His flame The brighter and brighter - His flame became He’s the Primal Point – the Harbinger of the light The Spiritual Luminary – who shone so bright [Chorus] And so we join to celebrate with glee The Bab’s great mission for humanity The Bab paved the way for the Promised One So we celebrate His great declaration [verse] If knowledge were letters – only two were revealed In the years before the Bab’s great mission But with His advent the rest were unsealed Creating humanity’s new condition Now every law of nature is defied The limitations of the past are now set aside Now there’s no limit to what we can do Because the Bab ushered in the new age [Chorus] And so we join to celebrate with glee The Bab’s great mission for humanity The Bab paved the way for the Promised One So we celebrate His great declaration The Bab paved the way for the Promised One So we celebrate His great declaration

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