Bahaism and Its Claims: A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Ullah and Abdul BahaWilson, Samuel Graham
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Bahaism and Its Claims: A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Ullah and Abdul Baha
Wilson, Samuel Graham
Bahai Faith -- Controversial literature
In Acca, too, Baha soon acquired considerable freedom, built a palace,
called Bahja, in a delightful garden and freely received the pilgrims.
He sent out many tablets, composed his Books of Revelation and had them
published in Bombay. He died at Acca in May, 1892, in his seventy-fifth
year. His temple tomb is near the Bahja.
Baha's haram consisted of two wives and a concubine. After his death,
the sons of the different wives quarrelled regarding the succession.
Abbas Effendi, the only son of the oldest wife, proclaimed himself the
successor, the Interpreter, the Centre of the Covenant, the Source of
Authority. Mohammed Ali and his brothers strenuously opposed Abbas and
intense animosity was engendered which divided the followers in Acca and
Persia. Abbas drew the greater number with him. He assumed the title of
Abdul Baha (Servant of Baha). He has the ambition to make the faith a
world religion and has inaugurated a propaganda in the West. After the
proclamation of constitutional liberty in Turkey, he resided in Egypt.
Later he made several journeys to Europe and one to North America. His
visit to the Occident brought him into the lime-light. He was given good
opportunity to present his cause.
The addresses of this "Infallible Interpreter" of the cult did not
reveal clearly the real doctrines and aim of the movement. Abdul Baha
confined himself mainly to the utterance of popular platitudes such as
are stock-in-trade for a multitude of social and religious reformers,
and most of which are original and accepted principles and precepts of
Christianity. The real claims of Bahaism are set forth in the Books and
Tablets (Epistles) of Baha Ullah and Abdul Baha, and in a considerable
literature by Persian and American Bahais.
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