Some of the
Tablets of
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
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 (
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
Page 40
This is another letter by Sayyid Husayn
to Mulla Abdul Karim of
“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”.
Please click here to view Some of the Tablets of Primal Points And Sayyed Husayn.
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
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