2.    Title of Baha and Bahaullah
2.2  Primal Point’s Epistle to Subh-i Azal
Addressing Subh-i-Azal the Primal Point says: “… This is a letter in the part of god, the overseer, the self-existent, to god, the mighty, the Blessed. God witnesses that there is no god but He; to Him belongs Creation and Command both before and afterwards. He quickens and causes to die; then He causes to die and quickens; and verily He is the Living, who does not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He creates what He pleases by His Command; Verily He has power over all things. O Name of Eternity! (اسم الأزل) [i.e. Subh-i-Azal] Bear witness that there is no god but Me, the Mighty, the Beloved … Say god created all that He created from the beginning which has no beginning, all that He creates till the end which has no end and, for the place of the Manifestation of Himself. This is the Command of god for what He has created and creates. God rules the Place of the Manifestation of Himself on His part in all things as he pleases by His Command. Verily He is the All-Knowing, the Prevailer. When [the Command] is cut off from its throne recite of the verses of thy Lord what god will inspire into thine heart as a remembrance on His Part …. Recite thou for myself every night and day, then all believing servants of god recite, “verily I am God; there is no God but Me, the All-Knowing, the Prevailer’ …and bear witness that in truth I am alive the Most splendid (Abha) horizon, and hear whoever makes mention of Me. In truth.”

“I am the best of Rememberers. Whoever appears before the throne of the Lord is as though has appeared before god … Convey the Command of thy Lord to the worlds …. If god cause one like unto thee to appear in thy days, then he it is to whom shall be bequeathed the command on the part of god, the Single, the One.”

“But if [such an One] appears not, know for a surety that god has not willed to make Himself known, and render up the command to god, thy Lord, and the Lord of the Worlds, all, and ordain the witnesses, who are god-fearing and do not exceed the bounds set up by god … Bid [men] unto Him-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest, for verily he shall come to that creation in the next Resurrection …. If god manifests grandeur in thy days, make manifest the Eight paths [i.e. unwritten Wáhids of the Bayan] … and if god manifests not grandeur in thy days, cleave steadfastly to what has been revealed, and change not one letter …. that men disagree not touching the religion of god, and are educated on uniform path till the next Resurrection … Preserve thyself …. Then preserve what has been revealed in the Bayan then what is revealed on thy part, for verily this is that will subsist till the day of Resurrection and by which all believers will benefit ….”

The passage, as the text indicates, refers first to the Primal Point and then to Subh-i-Azal. It has nothing to do with Mirza Husayn Ali. What Mirza Husayn Ali performed was to read the passage out of its context, to pilfer it from the Point’s document addressed to Subh-i-Azal, and to produce it as a proof of his pretensions.

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