2.   Allegations against Subh-i Azal

2.2    Denunciation of Baha by Subh-i-Azal

2.2.3    Excerpts From Baha’s Letter No. 54
“As His Holiness the First Point and the Most Glorious Aparition [i.e. the Primal Point] has stated ……….. he [i.e. Subh-i Azal] is the Pride of the theophanies …… paramountly distinguished by himself ……… Endeavour so that you do not continue heedless of and lag behind his [i.e. Subh-i Azal’s] injunctions and prohibitions. This frail and lowly servant is at a loss how to carry out the terms of servitude and to raise aloft the banner of service. Every moment I prostrate myself on every ground in worship of his [i.e. Subh-i Azal’s] blessed appearance, with every language, I seek, and hope for, his [i.e. Subh-i Azal’s] mercy ………. I am nothing but a contemptible slave in his [i.e. Subh-i Azal’s] court. …………. The eyes of this slave are [on the alert] …….. expectant of mercy. This body [i.e. Baha] is grovelling in the dust of abjection, in expectation of grace. …………… Is there any existence for a slave worth while to mention in the presence of the Manifestation?! What state is there for non-existence in the presence of the Manifestation of the sign of pre-existence?! What mention is there of a mortal before the throne of Immortal?! …….. What rank is there for bond-slave in the eyes of his Master?”

“ ………. I have one expectation from the people of the Bayan and one request to make from them: They should not mention me neither with love nor enmity nor with hatred or aversion; God’s pleasure may lie therein … The Kitab-i Nur (The Book of Light composed by Subh-i Azal) has not yet been returned.”
Baha pressed for the return of the Book and spoke highly of it. For the text of this letter see pp. 38-41, the Tanbihun-Naimin.

“…… Sing, applaud and say that “verily there is no god, but He; Verily Ali before Muhammad [i.e. the Primal Point] is the Very Self of God … …… and the Living Apparition [Tal’at al Hayy, i.e. Subh-i Azal] is the sanctuary; and the Living Letters [see glossary referred to above] are the first who believed in god and in His verses; and verily we all adhere thereto.”

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