The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 54
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 54 dictated by the ‘Al i m and Khab i r (Bah a ’ull a h’s God) was cancelled and disobeyed by his own eldest son. Aqdas , book of the new sharia of the Bah a ’ i s. The Bah a ’ i s claim that the sharia compiled by Bah a ’ull a h and embodied in his book entitled Aqdas is the best among sacred and heavenly scriptures; and that the solution for all the world problems of mankind lies, in this book. Abul Fa d al, a Bah a ’ i missionary writes: "Bah a ’ull a h has compiled a sharia without which the task of reformation and civilizing the people is impossible and unreasonable to expect. Aqdas is the greatest and the best remedy for the ills of mankind, and for attracting the human heart it is the most powerful magnet 73. Bah a ’ i Attitude in Regard to Publication of this Book. In view of this claim it is not possible for any sensible person to believe that the Bah a ’ i s to this day have never plucked up courage enough to make the book public by publishing it for the benefit of all who might wish to study it, irrespective of the fact whether he was a Bah a ’ i or not. There are any number of Bah a ’ i s who have never seen this book, much less read it. Such being the case, the question as to how far 73 Al-Far a ‘id , page 13.