Because of the lake of divine origin, the forged prophet of Baha’ism’s words and works have been full of written and concept errors. Consequently’ the Baha’ism leaders have had to correct it over and over.
Thus, the book Aqdas hasn’t been excluded of these corrections and revisions as the Baha’is great book.[1] As we read in one of the confessions by the forged prophet of Baha’ism in the question and answer epistle:
“Most sent tablets were expanded nearby areas without comparison. They were continually recited in the presence of the Blessed Beauty in order for the self-interested not to oppose.[2]”
However, the issue becomes more interesting when to be known that Shoqi Effendi doesn’t even let the great book of Baha’ism to be translated into the Persian language (that is the mother tongue of the claimant of Baha’ism): It is not praised and accepted for the Arabic works to be translated into Persian language especially the commandments of the book Aqdas…[3]”
Consequently, Francesco Ficicchia [4] investigated the reason for this commandment and introduced the weakness and absurdity of the book Aqdas and also the opposition of its paragraphs against the deceptive slogans of Baha’ism as the reason for prohibition of its publication. He has also mentioned that the book Aqdas is the biggest challenge for Baha’ism.
According to Ficicchia, the book Aqdas is the collection of hard rules which is complicated, strange and bizarre and belongs to the ancient west. It is unintelligible and intolerable. According to him the book Aqdas is written based on the proselytizing aims of the organization of Baha’ism and hasn’t been published in the west due to the existence of immoral rules in limitations and commandments section, unfair commandments of inheritance, bigamy, ignoring the social freedoms.
He believes that even Abdul Baha had to hide the forged prophet of Baha’ism’s teachings in his proselytizing activities in Europe and America. Ficicchia states that for these reasons the book Aqdas has been kept hidden from the new Baha’is. The book Aqdas resembles a thistle in the universal organization of Baha’ism eyes.[5]
[1] As Ishraq Khawari (the famous proselytizer of Baha’ism) has called this book as the great book [the mother of book]: Refer to Fadhel Mazandarani Asrarul Athar, Tehran: the national institute of the faith press, 134 Badi’a, vol. 1, p. 161.
[2] Hussein Ali Nouri, the Aqdas (the question and answer epistle), the electronic copy, pp. 59- 60, Q: 57.
[3] The heavenly message, monthly periodical of the national spiritual assembly of France for the Baha’is of Iran, the Baha’i message publication, Nov, 1988, 2nd edition, vol. 1, p. 109.
[4] The German author born in 1946.
He became the member of the Baha’i assembly in 1971 A.D. He was excommunicated in 1974 after criticizing Baha’ism beliefs and organization.
[5] Refer to Francesco Ficicchia, Is Baha’ism the universal religion of future? 3rd chapter, pp. 149- 160/ 7th chapter “the social and moral teachings in Baha’ism”, p. 251/ 8th chapter, pp. 283- 293/ 10th chapter, p. 430.