The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 60
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 60 younger son, we read in Bah a ’ i history: "The sons of Bah a ’ull a h have spread the idea among the followers of other religions that their father had not claimed to be a prophet in his own position and right, nor did he compile any new sharia. Rather, he was a Wal i and Qu t ab , and he always followed the Islamic Sharia. But of course our brother ‘Abbas A fand i has raised another fraud, and laid the foundation of another sharia" 77. This shows that with the exception of ‘Abb a s A fand i all sons of Bah a ’ull a h gave out that their father was a follower of the Islamic Sharia They also said that he had made no new sharia, which plainly means that Aqdas in their estimation also could in no way be compared to the Holy Qur’an,, When Maul a n a Abul ‘A ta ’ interviewed Muhammad ‘Al i in Bhajah, he had said that, as in Islam, he prayed five times a day. As for ‘Abdul Bah a ’ ‘Abb a s A fand i , in 1338 Hijra he decreed that it was not permitted that Aqdas should be printed and published. ( Jaw a b N a m a h Jam a ‘at page 37) This shows that inside his heart he knew quite well that this book had no chance when it came in comparison with the Holy Qur’an. And all members of the Bah a ’ i movement, by failing to publish it, seem to prove by their action that they in 77 Al-Kaw a kib , Persian, volume 11, page 31.