One of the Baha’i theorician, Erfan Sabeti’s comments concerning finality of prophethood in Radio Farda

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Bahaismiran:

The Excellency Erfan Sabeti (the representative of Baha’ism on TV debates) rejected the belief of finality of prophethood in an interview with Radio Farda offering vain reasonings. The representative of Baha’ism introduced Baha’ism as fan of religious pluralism while the Baha’ism leaders have considered non-Baha’is as null and false and insulted them.

 

 

Erfan Sabeti (the representative of Baha’ism on TV debates) considered accepting the finality as ending history and said:

“If we accept finality, we must accept that history has been ended… Bahaullah possesses five million words written as his work; that is several hundred more than the holy Quran. He claimed for them to advance human being spiritually; but most Muslims rose to kill Bab and his followers led by clergymen.[1]

Sabeti continued his statements and said “Accepting finality is equal to repressing new religions. That I say finality idea is bloodshed and murdering and prevents the spiritual advancement is that this idea doesn’t let new ideas and beliefs to be posed. This is, it makes the receptive ear deaf and makes hand rise, hit and kill. Why? Because if you say this is the end of speech, it will mean nobody must say a word against this speech which is the last one from this time on… it is impossible to believe in finality and to believe in the religious pluralism.[2]

It should be said to answer the statements of the Baha’ism organization delegation that:

 

First, the continuation of the divine grace isn’t restricted to sending messengers; so the acceptence of finality can’t be interpreted as the spiritual death of human being. Consequently, the Shiites are adducing the holy Imam’s (peace be upon them) traditions. As Imam Sadeq (P.H.) has stated:

"لَو لَم یَبقِ فِی الاَرضِ الّا اثنَانِ لَکَانَ اَحَدُهُما الحُجَّةُ عَلی صاحِبِه"

“If there isn’t anybody on Earth but two ones, one of them will be God’s proof over the other one.[3]

 

Second, the quantity of works can’t be a proof for his/ her legitimacy; particularly, when we know that most of the Baha’ism claimant of prophethood’s works have been copied after other religions and intellectual schools. As Vahid Ra’fati (the Baha’i author) justifies the Baha’i leaders’ copying and writes:

“As a matter of fact, for the first time in the history of the divine religions, not only the prophets’ speech; but also most high thoughts, sensations, ideas and beliefs of famous literary Arabic and Iranian men have been merited to be included in his works.[4]” The works were too weak and forged that the Excellency Baha poured them into water.[5] It is nearly two decades that the Baha’ism organization hasn’t dared to publish most of them. The published ones are also full of scientific and literary errors which have been corrected by the Baha’is over and over.[6]

 

Third, when Bab offered his false claims, the Muslim people of Iran held debate assemblies and asked him to offer proof for his legitimacy; but the Excellency Bab couldn’t pose any proof for his legitimacy and eventually he repented.[7] Consequently, finality in Islam doesn’t mean bloodshed; but it means preventing from deviation and degeneration of human being.

 

Forth, The Excellency Sabeti has spoken about confronting Babi and Baha’i movements at first and he hasn’t mentioned its reason which is the same ISIS thoughts of his ancestors; as Abdul Baha has confessed:

“And in the day of emergance of the Excellency Bab, people must be beheaded, books and papers must be fired and domes must be destroyed except for those who believe in him and confirm.[8]

 

Fifth, the representative of the Baha’ism organization introduced Baha’ism as the supporter of the religious pluralism while the Baha’ism leaders have insulted non-Baha’is by considering them null and vain.[9]

 

Sixth, why has the claimant of prophethood in Baha’ism introduced himself as the last prophet:

 

"وَ نَفسی الحق قد انتَهَت الظهورات الی هذا الظهور الاعظم و مَن یدعی بَعده اِنَّه کذاب مُفتر"

“I swear by my right soul that all emergances ended in this greater one and everyone who claims for the new emergance is a liar and calumniator.[10]

 

 

 

 


[1] Narrated by the cyberspace network related to the Baha’ism organization.

[2] Ibid

[3] Sheik Koleyni, Al-Kafi, Tehran: Darul-Kotod Al- Islamiyeh, 1388, vol. 1, p. 179.

[4] Vahid Ra’fati, the source of poems in the Baha’i works, Bija: the institute of the Baha’i learnings in Persian language, 147 Badi’a, vol. 1, p. 3

[5] Refer to Shoqi Effendi, Badi’a century (1853- 1892), Bija: the national institute of the faith press, 125 Badi’a, vol. 2, p. 146.

[6] Refer to Hussein Ali Nouri, the Aqdas (Question & Answer epistle), the electronic copy, p. 59- 60, question 57.

[7] Refer to Fadhel Mazandarani, Asrarul Athar, Bija: the national institute of the faith press, 124 Badi’a, pp. 179- 182.

[8] Abbas Effendi, Makatib, the electronic copy, vol. 2, p. 266.

[9] For more studies refer to the article: Non-Baha’is from Baha’is point of view.

[10] Hussein Ali Nouri, the collection of the Blessed tablets (Eqtedarat and some other ones) the electronic copy, p. 327.

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