6. The land of Ta
ibid, Risala, PP. 107-108
Mirza Husayn Ali says: “His Holiness the Supreme [i.e. the Primal Point] has designated the land of Ta [i.e. Teheran] as the land of Baha. The purpose of His Holiness was to announce the appearance of the Holy Beauty [i.e. Mirza Husayn Ali] in that land, the land on which Baha [i.e. Mirza Husayn Ali] walked, and in which this resplendent and effulgent name [i.e. Baha] abode.”
The Primal Point has named Teheran the land of Baha as the letter Ta in Teheran and the Word Baha have the same numerical equivalent, viz. 9.
On the reverse of the Point’s autograph document nominating Subh-i-Azal as his successor and vicegerent. The following address penned in the Point’s handwriting appears:
“Ism-allah-al-Wahid [Wáhid = 28 = Yahya, Subh-i-Azal’s name] in al-Baha [i.e. Teheran].”
In his Epistle addressed to “238 [i.e. Mirza Husayn Ali], the brother of the Fruit [i.e. Subh-i-Azal]”, see the Point’s autograph Diary and page 20 of the Tanbih-al-Naimin, Sayyed Husseyn Katib to Mulla AbdulKarim of Qawin, the Primal Point describes Subh-i-Azal as “the most glorious or splendid [Abha] element called Yahya [Subh-i Azal’s name].”
Subh-i-Azal does not however, rest his successorship to the Primal Point on the words of “in al-Baha [i.e. Teheran] or the comparative and superlative degrees of the word “Baha”.
Baha was the recipient of an autograph from the Primal Point directing and instructing him to take appropriate measures for the safety of Subh-i-Azal, for his education, and for his latent works due to appear in the fullness of time.
The epistle, in the terms in which it is couched, is a directive or authoritative instruction or direction addressed from a superior, to the Primal Point, to an inferior, Baha, directing and instructing him to perform certain acts as set out in the epistle.
One page 2, line 1, the following entry is posted:
“9 Thursday” “What has been written”
[March 27, 1850] “to 238, the brother of the Fruit (Thamara)”
“An ornamented epistle”
The fruit denotes Subh-i-Azal and the ciphers ‘238’ represent the sum of the letters, according to the Abjad notation, in the words “Husayn Ali”, Baha’s name.
The BÂB was executed on July 8, 1850 (Sha’ban 27, 1266 A.H). This entry proves that Baha had no title upon him by the BÂB, who, as the manifestation of god in the Bayanic dispensation, was the grantor of titles exclusively, the Persian Bayan, Wáhid (Unity) 5, BÂB (Chapter) 8.
To “238” [Husayn Ali].
In the preamble of the epistle the Primal Point stresses Subh-i-Azal’s station, refers to him as “the Most Glorious [Abha] Element called Yahya”; Subh-i-Azal’s name, and notes with thanks “the tablets which have been made manifest by that Essence of Ecstasy and pure Magnet. Exercise,” the Primal Point then directs and instructs Mirza Husayn Ali, “the utmost vigilance for his spirit and vitality, so that simoom-winds settle not on his heart. Make available for him,” the Primal Point commands Mirza Husayn Ali, “the most perfect means of encouragement for calligraphy and orthography, so that he exhibits not absolutely, sorrow, overt or covert.”
از عنصر ابهی سمی یحیی الواح مسطوره که از جوهر و له سازج انجذاب متجلی گشته مشاهده شده الشکر لمجلیه جل و عز کمال تراقب در روح و ارتواح آن منظور داشته باش که اریاح مشرقه بر فؤاد آن ساکن نگردد و اسباب شوق در خط و املاء بر نهج کمال از رای او فراهم آورده که مطلق مشاهده حزنی نه سراً و نه جهرا ننماید و کمال حفظ آن و آثار مخزونه آن داشته باش تا وقت خود والله مع الصابرین
“Take the utmost Care,” the Primal Point enjoins upon Mirza Husayn Ali, “of him, and of his latent works [signs] till their [appearance in] due course of time, and god is with those that are patient.”
This epistle was sent out to Baha through Subh-i-Azal. Facsimile of the BÂB’s amanuensis Aqa Sayyid Hussein’s autograph epistle addressed to Mulla Abdul-Karim known as Mirza Ahmad-Katib.
Extract from above image with the position of 238 higlighted.
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