The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 59
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 59 have been made by some people to produce books of sharia to match the Holy Qur’an, but all such attempts stand in human history as ghastly failures. From Musailmah Kadhdh a b this story extends to people like ‘Al i Muhammad B a b and Mirz a H usain ‘Al i Bah a ’ull a h. People try to put out the Light of Allah with the breath of their mouths, but Allah is deter- mined fully to fulfil its purpose, however much the unbelievers might dislike it. The book entitled Aqdas which Bah a ’ull a h pro- duced to replace and supersede the Holy Qur’an in Arabic; and according to a Christian writer, Khad u r i Ily a s, he had desired to produce something superior to the Holy Qur’an. But its language, throughout, is extremely unimpressive, in places entirely wrong. Although Bah a ’ull a h appears to have made an attempt to capture the style of the Holy Book, he has alto- gether failed even as an imitator. The clumsy, unimpressive style of expression and wrong grammar and usage apart, in point of substance and subject matter, there is all the less possibility of any valid and justifiable comparison between the two books. We give below the following rather detailed but brief study. And all other things apart, Bah a ’ull a h’s own sons and successors appear to have felt their weakness on this point. In regard to Mirz a Muhammad ‘Al i , the