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The Kitáb-i-Íqán is the primary theological work of the Bahá'i Faith. The work was composed partly in Persian and partly in Arabic by Bahá'u'lláh in 1861 when he was living in exile in Baghdad. At the time, Bahá'u'lláh was aware of His mission and station, but had not yet openly declared either one. References to his own station therefore appear only in veiled form. The Íqán constitutes the major theological work of Bahá'u'lláh, and hence of the Bahá'i Faith. Shoghi Effendi confirmed that the Kitáb-i-Íqán is the completion of the Persian Bayán, and thus fulfills the Báb's prophecy that the Promised One would complete the work.
