The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 99
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 99 claim deserves punishment, and he says that those who turn away from his claim will go to hell. But it is not correct to attribute to Bah a ’ull a h any claim of prophethood. He never claimed to be a nab i. He seems to believe in the Holy Prophet being Khatamul Nab i yy i n in the same sense as the generality of Muslims interpret this expression 147. ‘Abdul Fa d al, a well known Bah a ’ i missionary, writes: "This idea of the Shaikh (‘Abdul Sal a m) that the B a b and Bah a ’ull a h claimed prophethood for themselves is altogether wrong and imaginary. Everyone acquainted with Bah a ’ i literature knows fully well that this claim is neither to be found in the Alw a h , nor have any of their followers used this word in regard to them" 148. In the book entitled Al-Bah a ’ i ya , published in Egypt, one reads: "Bah a ’ull a h, ‘Abdul Bah a ’, or the B a b, none of them ever claimed to be a prophet" (Page 49). In the Bah a ’ i journals entitled Kaukab-e-Hind we read "Neither does the word Nab i (Prophet) occur in the A yah Mubaarakah, nor has the Promised One of the Furq a n been called a nab i nor do the Bah a ’ i s take Hadrat Bah a ’ull a h as a prophet: and this has been 147 Alwa h i - Mub a rakah , page 405. 148 Al-Far a ’id , page 275.