The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 35
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 35 only eight parts complete, while of the, ninth parts he wrote only nine chapters 40. It is to be noted here with care that this is a curious kind of sharia of which the author did not have time or an opportunity enough to complete it. S ub h -e-Azal and his book Mirz a Ya h y a , titled S ub h -e-Azal, was half brother from the father’s side of Mirz a H usain ‘Al i , who called himself Bah a ’ull a h and became the founder of the B a h a ’ i movement. The B a b, ‘Al i Mu h ammad, had appointed Mirz a S ub h -e-Azal as Wa si after himself, i. e. , the Executor of his will, and leader of the movement founded by him. At first this position of Mirz a Ya h y a was accepted by all followers of the B a b, including Mirz a H usain All. But, later Mirz a H usain ‘Al i challenged his half brother in this position, managed to gather the greater portion of the followers round him and became Bah a ’ull a h. Mirz a Ya h y a claimed that after the B a b he was the’ Ma s dar-e-Amr, source of all authority. Bah a ’ull a h and his followers hold that he was the "man whom Allah had manifested" as foretold in Al-Bay a n. But S ub h -e-Azal claims this position for 40 A1-Kaw a kib 410.