Hasht Behesht

Seyed Hamid Reza Rohani

Sheikh Ahmad Rouhi                           Mirza Agha Khan Kermani

Mirza Ali Mohammad Bab appointed an individual by the name of Mirza  Yahya Sobh Azal as his successor.

However, his elder brother. Hussein Ali Baha (leader of the Bahaists ) Later opposed him and caused the Babist sect to partition and divided into two sects Azalis (followers of Sobh Azal) and Bahaists (followers of Baha) The two sects had deep opposition and relentless campaign against each other and published books and treatises against each other. Samples of these publications in the Bahaist sect are Alvah (scripts ) by Hussein Ali Baha (in the book Eshragat ), Lohe Gharn (script of century )by Shoghi as well as  Asrarolasar  (secrets of works ) by Fazel Mazandarani and Madkhal (entry )of Yahya…The viewpoints and remarks of the Azalis Baha and his followers can be seen including in the book , Tanbiholanaemin (warning to sleepers) (published by Ezzieh , sister of Hussein Ali Baha) and also the book Hasht Behesht (the eight paradises) This book has been authored by Mirza Aghakhan kermani and sheikh Ahmad Roohi, followers of the Babist school (Azali wing ) and sons-in-law of Yahya Sobh Azal. The book also serves as a petition by this sect against the Bahaists The intellectual and ideological foundation of Hasht Behesht , is the same materials provided in the book Bayan (expression) written by Ali Mohammad Bab,and the authors have also introduced themselves as followers of Bayan. According to the authors. Hasht Behehst has been written with the aim of :1. Expressing the beliefs of Azalis, 2. Rejecting the creed of Baha’ism, 3. Explaining the causes and tools of division of Babism into two Azali and Bahaist sects: 4. Explaining the philosophy of the new creed: 5.Furnishing some information about the history of the events of the early days of Babism: 6;Biography of a large number of the predecessors of the sect .The Reason Behind naming the book as Hahst Behesht in Fact refers to the eight chapters of the book Hasht Behesht, can be actually considered as a full-size mirror of an innovative sect with a new religion because the authors have attempted in all parts of the book to claim that the true religion of Islam belongs to the past and what today s man needs is  something more than Islam and its teachings.

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