Some of the Tablets of

The Primal Point

 And

Sayyed Hussayn

 

Those who have studied the history of Bayan and have followed the bloody history of this religious revolution know well that people of Bayan have been subject to numerous fighting, murder, and pillage from the beginning when the Primal Point invited people to the new faith.

The insurrections of Tabarsi and Zanjan occurred at a time when the bringer of the faith was imprisoned. The mass murder of the Bayanis happened in Teheran in 1268 two years after the Primal Point suffered martyrdom. Subsequently, the lives of the followers of this faith were in danger. Torture and killing of the Bayanis continued for many more years.

These events on one hand and the internal division, which led to the creation of Bahaism, and killings of many Bayani leaders at the hands of Bahais on the other hand resulted in elimination of numerous numbers of followers of this faith. More importantly, their writings and sacred works were not immune from destruction. A large portion of original writings and books fell into the hands of the enemy and were destroyed.

Some other writing and in particular those of the Primal Point which their contents were in direct conflict with the claim put forward by Mirza Husayn Ali (Baha) were collected at the behest of Baha by his men before he made his claim public[1]. At the time Baha was the intermediary person between Subh-i Azal and the people of Bayan on all correspondences. Therefore nothing more than a small number of writings of the Primal Point have survived. In accordance with the instructions left by the Primal Point that his writings must be preserved until the next resurrection, his believers have preserved the remaining writings with all difficulties they had to face.

The present collection made available to the public includes the originals of a number of these writings. Readers would be interested in the unique style and beautiful calligraphy by the Primal Point and his amanuensis Sayyed Hussayn (the scriber).

All writings are reproduced in type set and included for those who are not familiar with the style of the writings. 

It must be noted that what is included in this collection is of utmost historical interest for two reasons:

·        The originality of the writings of the Primal Point and Sayyed Husayn of Yaz who was also one of the Letters of the Living and has been in the prison of Maku and Chehriq in presence of the Primal Point scribing the revelations to His Holiness. 

·        As with many other writings of the Point, these tablets which concern the Point’s testament and some of his and his amanuensis to other Bayani leaders are of utmost historical interest and further proofs that demonstrate the status and station of Subh-i Azal as One with equal rank to the Primal Point.  Bahai attempts to ignore the massive evidence before us and yet attempt to discredit Subh-i Azal or undermine his station by inventing fanciful stories and repeating them over and over by their historical revisionists only reflect on the character and motives of the Bahai hierarchy.

 

For the benefit of those who are not familiar with Arabic, excerpts of some of the tablets have been translated to English and included here. It is hopped that reader use the excerpts as a guide and a key to understanding of these precious works.

 

Scholars and historians are invited to translate these writings for them to become more accessible for the interest of science and truth.

 

Page 1:

It is the first page of the Point’s testamentary disposition to Subh-i Azal commanding him to preserve Bayan and commanding People of Bayan to it.

After the Bayani greeting ‘God is Most Great’, the document reads: This writing is from God, the everlasting, the prevailing, to God, the everlasting, the prevailing. All things are initiated by God and all things return to God. This is a book from Ali Before Nabil [2] to One whose name is equal to the Wahid. [3]”

Towards the end of the tablet, it commands Subh-i Azal to Preserve Bayan, and testifies that Subh-i Azal’s path is the true mighty path. The tablet is signed with ‘Verily, I am the Proof of God and His Light’.

One of the importing aspects of this tablet is that the Primal Point calls on his Mirror, Subh-i Azal with identical names that he calls himself.

 

Page 2

In the opposite page, a tablet addresses Mulla Abdul-Karim of Qazvin and another addressed to Wahid are joined and appear in the same page. In the tablet to Karim after the Bayani greeting, it reads “O Karim! We have offered to you one Unity of the rights of the first Unity, so that you preserve what has been revealed by god and deliver to one whose name is Wahid, and ask the one who scribes the verses of god [4] what you do not know of god’s objective.

 

Page 3:

It begins with ‘God, the Holiest’ and is addressed to Subh-i Azal. It represents a unique style in terms of its columnar appearance. At the beginning of every section, it addresses Subh-i Azal as ‘He  is He  … He is Me .. I am Him … Thou art Him .. Thou art Me’.

After praising god for the manifestation of Subh-i Azal, it reads “Whatever you love is also loved by the Creator of the universes. Your heart should not be troubled in any way. We have fulfilled all your wishes and will help you by yourself. You protect your self such that you are not sorrowed in any way. Interpret any verse in this epistle in the manner in which god shall inspire into your heart … preserve this epistle and its mention so that you experience not sorrow from al-Bahain [5] ”.

 

Page 10

In a tablet addressed to Karim, refers to Subh-i Azal as ‘The Mirror of Eternity’ and instructs him to preserve his (i.e. Subh-I Azal’s) writings and to ensure that he is not sorrowed. In the end the Primal Point insists that he should protect what god has revealed as he protects his two eyes. Subh-i Azal is also called ‘Glorious Fruit’ (ثمره بهیه), ‘Fruit (of Bayan) (ثمر)’, ‘Mirror of God’ (مرأت الله) and ‘Face of God’ (وجه الله).

 

At the lower part of page 10

In a tablet addressed to Dayyan, the Primal Point asks Dayyan to spread the glad tidings of what the ‘Mirror of Eternity’ tells of his source of glory. Again, the Primal Point commands Dayyan to protect the writings of Subh-i Azal.

 

In page 11

It is a circle with six smaller co-centric circles inside it and divided into 19 sections. Quranic verses are placed in each one of the slots. In the middle, there is a large square that is divided into 11 X 15 smaller squares with the words ‘God, the mightiest’ in every one of them.

 

In page 14

The Primal Point makes explicit reference to his mission and station; calls himself the ‘قائم’ (He Who Will Rise) and ‘مهدی’ (The Rightly Guided) and calls his manifestation the resurrection day. …. It then goes on to confirm that the first person who has believed in him was Muhammad the Prophet of God, then Ali, then the witnesses [6] after him and then the Gates [7] followed by those have believed in god and his verses.

It then reads: “The next faith (to Islam) is this faith, help this cause in any way you can” and then adds: “Any one who from now on awaits the appearance of Mahdi or the return of Muhammad is of those lack the knowledge until the day that I and my believers return (to this world) and that will be the resurrection day.”

The tablet is signed as ‘O Ali, O Muhammad’.

 

Page 20

This tablet is intended "to illuminate the Writing-School or primary school of Him-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest" The Primal Point addresses himself to Him-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest and states: The Bayan and all that is in it is a present from me to you. If in the next resurrection, you were to dismiss all the people of the Bayan with a gesture of hand as you suck milk at the breast of your mother will be praiseworthy for your gesture. But undoubtedly you will have patience for nineteen years to reward those who embrace the Bayani fruit as a favour your part.

The Epistle confirms that this creature was not due to appear in these days.

 

Page 23

Is a letter in the hand writing of Sayyid Hysayn (the scriber) who has sent it for Mulla Abdul Karim of Qazvin who was also Point’s amanuensis and is also known as Ahmad. From the context of the letter we understand that it was written after the martyrdom of the Primal Point. The author of the letter grieves and laments for the Sun of the Truth to have set [8]. On the side of the letter, he writes to Maryam [9] and says: “Do not be sorrowed for sun-set of your Lord and be joyful for he has risen in the manifestation of (Subh-i) Azal. At the bottom of the page, it addresses Nur [10] and says “If god releases me from this place where the light of god has been set and his blood has been shed, I will have answer from the beloved of Azal and will sent to you for god rewards all believers men and women.” It then addresses Qahir’s sister [11] and tells her not to be sorrowed even though she has all the rights to be sorrowed and gives her the glad tiding that god will not leave her alone.

 

Page 31

The epistle speaks of a number of documents enclosed therewith “in this year of abad [i.e. the seventh year, A.H. 1266 (1850), reckoning from the Point’s declaration as Jamad-Awwal 5, 1260 (May 23, 1844)], and intended for a number of persons designated therein.

The epistle refers to a document addressed as follows: ”and the name of al-Baha is for the tree of al-Baha, abiding in the ocean of the divine mystery. Tell her, by my tongue, the following: ‘Render thanks (فأحمدی) unto thy Lord, and all things, for having answered thy prayer; and love (فأحبی) thy saints with highly praise’.

 

The pronouns in the female gender in the passage indicate that the title of Baha was bestowed by the Primal Point on Tahira. The letter Ta in Tahira and the word Baha have the same numerical value viz.9.

Reference is also made in the epistle to the Primal Point’s document addressed to “238 [i.e. the numerical value of Husayn Ali] the brother of the Fruit [i.e. Subh-i-Azal].

 

Page 36

This letter is apparently written by Sayyed Husayn. It is address to Tahira in which he has praised the manifestation of Subh-i Azal.

 

Page 37

Is a letter by Sayyed Husayn to Haji Suleyman Khan whose body was pierced with candles in 1268 A.H.  Suleyman Khan is asked to make mention of him if he succeeds meeting with his Lord (i.e. Subh-i Azal) and to send him copies of Azal’s verses. The letter was written at the time the body of Primal Point was transferred from from Tabriz. Much of the letter is in Persian.

 

Page 40

This is another letter by Sayyid Husayn to Mulla Abdul Karim of Qazvin. In this letter he laments much for setting of the Sun of Truth (i.e. the martyrdom of the Primal Point) and says that he wouldn’t have much to do with life after the diappearance of his lord if it wasn’t for the presence of god in his beloved Azal.

“O Karim, I love to be in this boundless world, and see nothing but god, but what I have seen from the people of denial makes me to avoid this bounded world”.

At the end of the letter, it reads: “If you wish to make me a favour, I wish nothing but that you make mention of me to my lord, Azal and that I succeed to meet him before my ascension in a way that is his wishes not mine; that my life is not futile, and that I am blessed with what I have been denied from”.

 

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Notes

[1] See Awakening of The Sleepers. www.bayanic.com/lib/fwd/tanbih/Tanbih-FWD.html

2 Nabil has equivalent numerical value (in Abjad system) to Muhammad, i.e. Ali Muhammad, The Primal Point’s name.

3 i.e. Subh-i Azal, Yahya and Wahid both have the numerical value of 28.

4 Reference to Sayyed Husayn (the scriber). This man was also killed in horrific circumstances in 1268 in Teheran. He is also known as Ahmad.

5 i.e. Bahais.

6 The eleven Imams.

7 The four Babs (Gates).

8 I.e. the martyrdom of the Primal Point.

9 Maryam referred to here is Subh-i Azal’s first wife whom he never saw after he left Iran. She is known as Qaneteh.

10 Nur referred to here is Subh-i Azal’s son (Nur’u’llah).

11 Qahir’s sister (the Point’s  is the lady who was sent to serve the Primal Point when he was at Isfahan.