The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 69
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 69 offence: imprisonment in case of a second of- fence: and some mark to be burnt on the forehead for a third offence by which all should be able to know him for what he is 98. The penalty for assault and battering is still more interesting. It is written that for battering the penalty would depend on the kind and intensity of the blows dealt, of which details were to be given later 99. But they have not been given to date, which seems to mean that the sharia after all is still incomplete. 12. Bah a ’ull a h has made most orders dependent on the institution of the House of Justice. He has prescribed that the properties of the heirless should come to the House of Justice (54 and 52). But the fact remains that this House of Justice has not come into existence to this day. 13. All the revealed world religions have been striving to establish the Unity of God. But Bah a ’ull a h claimed divinity for himself, as would be shown at another place in this treatise. In regard to the Qib- la, Bah a ’ull a h has directed that during his lifetime the Bah a ’ i s should offer their prayers with their faces turned towards him, or in his direction. Afterwards the Qibla would be the place where he 98 Aqdas 102. 99 Aqdas 122.