One night while at Bahji, Victoria was in the gardens enjoying the moonlight on the Shrine, when two men came toward her. One she recognized as Mirza Muhammad-‘Ali, the Arch-breaker of Baha'u'llah’s Covenant. For a moment they looked at each other, then Mirza Muhammad-‘Ali asked, ‘Who are you, and what do you want?’ She replied that she was staying...
Friday, May 31, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Baha'i Administrative Order would become the government in a Baha'i State.
House of Justice (UHJ), New World Order (NWO), Personal Observations
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The UHJ states that the Baha'i Administrative Order would just become the government in a Baha'i State:"Not only will the present-day Spiritual Assemblies be styled differently in future, but they will be enabled also to add to their present functions those powers, duties, and prerogatives necessitated by the recognition of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh,...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
on Shoghi's casket it was written that he was the 'First Guardian'
Guardianship, Personal Observations, Shoghi Effendi
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Even on Shoghi's casket it was written that he was the 'First Guardian', so even at that time the matter was not considered to be closed.The reasoning on why there was no second Guardian changed as time went on. First the Baha'i world was in denial and wanted to find the next successor, then it was said that God changed his mind about hereditary Guardianship...
Monday, May 27, 2024
The only legitimate succession is the one created by Baha'u'llah in the Kitab-i-Ahdi. First Abbas Effendi and then Mirza Muhammad Ali. All other succession schemes have holes in them.
The problem with the Baha'i covenant is that while Abdul Baha and Mirza Muhammad Ali were appointed by Baha'u'llah, and Shoghi by Abdul Baha, the UHJ and other successor claimants cannot trace back their authority to Baha'u'llah.In Abdul Baha's scheme the UHJ would be led by a Guardian, and it is ridiculous to assume that this body would instead succeed...
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Abdul Baha said I know the station, the needs, and the condition, of every soul in the world
He said: "I know the station, the needs, and the condition, of every soul in the world,..."(The Chosen Highway by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield)https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway&chapter=3...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
In the 1880s Baha’i assemblies included mullas, and antagonism to Babis and Baha’is as heretics did not prevent interaction between Shi’a and alternative views.
The emergence of the Babi movement in the 1840s as an explicitly radical (and anti-‘ulama) alternative, proclaiming a revolutionary and messianic revelation and a break with the Shi’a past, did meet open confrontation and condemnation from the religious leadership, leaving the term ‘Babi’ as a lasting term of abuse for heresy, innovation and unbelief....
Demolition of the house of the Covenant-breakers
DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT-BREAKERSOn the right is the roof of the Tomb of Bahá’u’lláh, the Holiest Spot in the Bahá’í world. The upper story of the Mansion where He passed away is seen on the left.This building was demolished under the supervision of the Hands of the Cause in December 1957. Shoghi Effendi had planned to supervise this...
The ability of Iranians/Persians to adapt to change was, and still is, visible
The ability of Iranians/Persians to adapt to change was, and still is, visible in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. In the nineteenth century, the new “religion” of Bahaism developed in Iran and was anathema to traditional Islam because of one of the classical principles of Islam that holds that their prophet Muhammad was the “Seal...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Baha'u'llah was the spiritual return (raj'ah) of the Bab.
After his exile to Edirne in Rumelia in late 1863, and ten years after his withdrawal to Sulaymaniyyah, he began sending letters to Iran announcing that he was the spiritual return (raj'ah) of the Bab. In 1867 he broke decisively with Azal. In the following years the vast majority of all Babis gave their allegiance to Baha'u'llah, becoming Baha'is.(Baha'u'llah...
General Shua'u'llah Ala'i
General Shua'u'llah Ala'i told of seeing Mirza Abdu'llah when he was sixteen or seventeen years old. He had gone to a Baha'i gathering in a garden -- a party, not a meeting, but only Baha'is attended. It was sunset in summertime. They sat on a carpet and ate dinner by kerosene lamp. Mirza Abdu'llah was there and played the tar while a singer sang Baha'i...
Baha'i properties in Israel
The startling fact is that until 1952 the Baha’is held no land contiguous to the Shrine, thereby frustrating any hope of development or beautification. When Baha’u’llah ascended, the Mansion was surrounded by small buildings, dependencies of the Mansion itself; which were owned by various Baha’is: one of the believers made a gift of his home for the...
Ahmad Sohrab was shunned by his wife and children
Ahmad Sohrab was, according to a study by Farzin Aghdasi, subsequently shunned by his wife and children:"Ahmad Sohrab (1888-1958): sent to America by the Master to serve Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, secretary and interpreter of the Master, rebelled, formed 'The New History Society' and 'Caravan of East and West', attempted to penetrate American Baha'i community,...
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Abdul Baha: 'Go, and eat this candy...'
The Master said: ‘Marḥabá! Marḥabá! (Welcome, welcome), Jináb-i-Khán. You have suffered much on your wanderings, but welcome! Praise be to God, you have reached here in safety.‘The Blessed Perfection, Bahá’u’lláh, has promised to raise up souls who would hasten to the service of the Covenant, and would assist me in spreading His Faith. His Cause has...
Darvish means a beggar. Baha'u'llah lived in the mountains of Sulaymaniyyih as a beggar.
The begging was traditional; in fact, the word dervish (darvísh) is said to come from ‘door’ and ‘beg’. (In Arabic-speaking countries, a dervish is a faqíh, poor one.) (Summon Up Remembrance by Marzieh Gail)https://bahai-library.com/gail_summon_up_remembran...
Only in later years did he find out that the learned mullá was not only a Bahá’í but a Hand of the Faith.
Whenever the Shah or this or that liberal statesman attempted any reform in Persia, the Shiah Muslim clergy rose up to block the plan. The Shah had barely managed to wrest a consent from the mullás to establish his College, where there would be (unclean) foreign teachers and foreign studies. To get this he was forced to include a class for Persian...
Druze is a cult established by a Tailor from Persia
...the Master said: "A few hundred years ago, Darz'i, a tailor, came from Persia to Syria, where he established the Druze cult. 'Druze' is a corruption of the word 'Darzi'"(The Chosen Highway by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield, p 195)https://bahai-library.com/blomfield_chosen_highway&chapter=3...
Friday, May 17, 2024
"Servant of Glory" or "the Master"?
It is strange that Abdu'l-Baha's very name meant "Servant of Glory", and he cast himself as such, but another of his titles was "the Master".So basically he was a servant to Baha'u'llah but the master of all other Baha'is. Quite convenient for him once Baha'u'llah was dead.True humility means you are humble towards everyone. Otherwise, you are two...
Why there are few ex-Baha'is and why more and more people are leaving the Baha'i cult?
Converting People, Entry by Troops, Personal Observations
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In my experience the vast majority of Baha'is know next to nothing about the Faith, and have no interest in the Faith theologically, so even those who leave the Faith tend to not have very strong opinions about it. This makes it more difficult for people who have strong objections to the Faith's theology/history, nobody knows or cares about it!There...
The world is keeping together today because of the existence of these institutions.
The other thing is the building of the institutions of the Faith. The institutions of the faith which we are building now, the local assemblies and the national assemblies, these are the instruments for the future of mankind, the institutions for the future of mankind. We may not realize this yet ourselves because we are so much in the early days of...
Covenant-breaking explained by Adib Taherzadeh
I will explain to you this process of Covenant-breaking and the process of throwing away somebody out of the Faith, cutting him off. As I said, like a branch which deviates and you cut it off. And when you cut it off, it drops on the ground. And for a few days, it may be green, may be a little life in it, but eventually it will perish. We don't have...
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Tribute to Shoghi Effendi by Ruhiyyih Khanum
Covenant-Breakers, Ruhiyyih Khanum, Shoghi Effendi
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How many mosquitoes does it take to give you malaria or yellow fever? When we compromise our Faith, it is like taking a glass of pure water, and putting one drop of ink in it—it does not become A glass of ink, but the purity of the water is gone‘ We all know that there is no compromise with people who were Covenant-Breakers, if they had not changed...
nowhere have I found the express authority given to the Hands of the Cause to expel people for any reason other than opposition to the Guardian.
Covenant-Breakers, Guardianship, Will & Testament
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What to do with Remey and his associates was the question of the hour and the Hands were divided on what should or could be done. Jalal Khazeh wrote to Leroy Ioas on 12 June saying the he ‘had suggested from the very first days that we should expel this mad man’. Mr Faizi cabled ‘SAKE GOD PROTECTION CAUSE EXPEL IMMEDIATELY.’ Mr Ioas sided strongly...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Ahmad Sohrab... refused to accept the authority vested in the Guardian
Aḥmad Sohráb, for many years closely associated with the Master, as His secretary and the recipient of countless blessings from Him, tragically refused to accept the authority vested in the Guardian by the Master’s Will and Testament. (The Priceless Pearl by Ruhiyyih Rabba...
no one in Israel can marry a non-Baháʼí
Covenant-Breakers, Israel, Marriage, Ruhiyyih Khanum, Shoghi Effendi
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I can remember an example of a girl in Haifa who I was very fond of. She was a child of a local person and she wanted to marry a non-Baháʼí, and the Guardian had had a great deal of difficulty with marrying non-Baháʼís and finally said no one in Israel can marry a non-Baháʼí because it never works out, all it does is to bring infinite headaches to...
Threatening Baha'is
Abuse, Covenant, Ruhiyyih Khanum, Shoghi Effendi, Will & Testament
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One other example of Shoghi Effendi was when one of the Baháʼís died in America and left a will. And his wife wanted to contest the will. She considered it very unfair. And Shoghi Effendi told the National Assembly, "Tell her she will be put out of the Cause if she did contest the will." Because he had intervened, you see. He told her she must not...
The early view of the Baha'is was that Abdul Baha would be succeeded by Mirza Muhammad Ali.
Muhammed Ali (Ghusn), Personal Observations, Will & Testament
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The early view of the Bahais was that Abdul Baha would be succeeded by Mirza Muhammad Ali. After he had a disagreement with Abdul Baha he was 'replaced' by Shoghi. The Will and Testament of Abdul Baha can be read as a justification of the appointment of Shoghi and dismissal of Muhammad Ali, by comparing Mirza Muhammad Ali to Mirza Yahya and by attributing...
They don't care
Censorship, Muhammed Ali (Ghusn), Personal Observations
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Persia was very far away from where Baha'u'llah lived so the Persian Bahais only got partial information. And they have mostly been oppressed since the beginning, so questioning their leadership was probably the last thing on their mind.During the life of Baha'u'llah external affairs were in the hands of Abdul Baha, and internal affairs were in the...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
because they are deadly poison, the lepers, the covenant breakers.
There is room for practically everybody in the Baháʼí Faith. Some of them may need spanking, and some of them have got to be kept out because they are deadly poison, the lepers, the covenant breakers. But that is another thing. But really the children of men, this Faith is their home. And there is room for all of them in it.(Rúhíyyih Khánum speaking...
Another terrible Tablet of Baha'u'llah I wish to nominate is the Lawh-i Istintáq
Abuse, Azali, Baha'u'llah, Censorship, Personal Observations
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Another terrible Tablet of Baha'u'llah I wish to nominate is the Lawh-i Istintáq, also known as the Tablet of Inquisition. The reasons are more serious and macabre than for other tablets discussed.The tablet deals with the murder of 3 Azali's (Sayyid Muhammad Isfahani, Aqa Jan Kaj-Kulah and Mirza Rida-Quli Tafrishi) in Akka by a gang of 7 Baha'is --...
All Too Human: A list of inconvenient truths drawn solely from the letters of the Universal House of Justice or its Research Department
House of Justice (UHJ), Infallibility, Personal Observations
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All Too Human: A list of inconvenient truths drawn solely from the letters of the Universal House of Justice or its Research DepartmentThe Bab bought at least one black slave, for which there is a bill of sale.Baha’u’llah and Abdu’l-Baha did not explicitly state that Abdu’l-Baha is infallible.Abdu’l-Baha concealed (pgs. 39-40) a part of Baha’u’llah’s...
Baha'u'llah was a fraud.
If I were to limit myself to three:The bad characters of the faiths founders, including involvement in a civil war, multiple homicides, and multi-generation familial hatred and disunity. They didn't practice what they preach. There is a 0% chance in my mind that God would try to bring about the unity of the world via such a disunited and dysfunctional...
Baha'u'llah - A Serial Murderer
Abuse, Azali, Baha'u'llah, Personal Observations
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It's known that Baha'u'llah's ambitions for leadership created a trail of homicides across the Middle East, several of which are acknowledged even by Baha'i sources.Baha'u'llah was involved in upwards of 20 homicides, including prominent Babis who didn't accept his claims to be HWGSMM and Azalis who opposed him. This is not to count Baha'u'llah's involvement...
Monday, May 13, 2024
I did not study Arabic... but I know how to speak and write Arabic better than eloquent Arabs.
I did not study Arabic. When I was a child, I had a book of prayers by His Holiness the Bab in the handwriting of the Blessed Beauty. I really yearned to read it. At night, I would wake up and gaze with longing and intense desire until I saw that I understood Arabic well. Old friends know well that I did not study, but I know how to speak and write...
Saturday, May 11, 2024
How Baha'is did their best to prevent the appointment of Hubbu'llah (Abdul Baha later disapproved their actions)
'A new school has recently been opened in Tihran and Hubbu'llah, a son of the notorious Jamal-i-Burujirdi [father and son were both Covenant-breakers], was being considered for employment as a teacher. As soon as we heard this, the Hands of the Cause, two other friends and myself consulted together in a meeting and agreed to do everything in our power...
Friday, May 10, 2024
Education as Prerequisite for Women Serving on Universal House of Justice
“Question. I see that in his tablet to Ex-Governor Sulzer the Master says that the Universal Arbitration Tribunal will consist of the best men and women of the different countries. Will women in the future sit in the Beit-ul-Adl also?Abdul Baha: Men and women are equal in this respect, with the condition that women should reach to the degree of men....
Baha'u'llah about Fornication, Sodomy, and Adultery among most Babis
In the letter, Baha’u’llah responds to the questions of someone who knows Ism Allah al-Asdaq, a Hand of the Cause and one of the earliest believers in the Bab. The questioner seems to have inquired about the religious lawfulness of some behaviors current among the Baha’is. We can surmise that some of these behaviors were sexual given the nature of...
Monday, May 6, 2024
The grave of Diya'u'llah was desecrated despite Abdul Baha forgiving him.
Baha’u'llah’s other son, Mirza Diya’u’llah, was a vacillating person who wavered in his allegiance to the Centre of the Covenant; he was easily manipulated and became a willing tool in the hands of Mirza Muhammad-‘Ali. He lived in the Mansion of Bahji along with the rest of the family, all of whom were affected by the spirit of Covenant-breaking. Mirza...
Abdul Baha's prophesy
‘Abdu’l-Baha prophesied that Majdu’d-Din (a covenant-breaker) would live a long life to see the triumph of the Cause and the frustration of his evil plots. This prophecy was fulfilled: he lived to be over a hundred years old and saw the birth of the Administrative Order, the child of the Covenant, and the strengthening of its foundations by Shoghi...
Covenant is a major theme in the Quran
Covenant is a major theme in the Qur'an, a book which may certainly be read as a summons to a renewal of the so-called Abrahamic covenant. There is no space here to treat the topic at anything near the length it deserves. For its importance in Sunni Islam there is a growing library of specialized studies (al-Qadı 2006; Lumbard 2015; Jaffer 2021). Its...
Qayyum al Asma
... Qayyum al-Asma, the Bab’s proclamatory summons, disguised as a Qur'an commentary, in which he claimed to be in immediate and intimate contact with the hidden Imam and, therefore, the centre of all authority (walaya) whether political or spiritual.(The Baha’i Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations, Editors - Moojan Momen, Zackery Mirza He...