The Baha’is believe that the prophets are superior to other people because they can do without power and wealth; while the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism had close relationships with the Colonial Russian czar and has confessed he had received salary from the Czar Colonialism.
It is written in one of the proselytizing textbooks of the Baha’ism organization that “the prophets’ privilege over other claimants is considered to be independent on power and wealth and to be dependent on their social state in the community…[۱]”
However, it is interesting to be known that by confessing by the Baha’is and being aware of this criterion of the prophets, the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism will be out of the prophet’ circle; because
۱- The Baha’ism leader and his relatives had a strong and extensive relationship with the Colonialists because from Mirza Abbas Nouri (the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism’s father to Mirza Muhammad Hassan Nouri (the elder brother of the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism), Mirza Majid (the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism’s sister’s husband), Mirza Abul Qasem and Mirza Abdullah Khan Ahi (the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism’s sister’s offspring) and Mirza Yosof (the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism’s paternal aunt’s husband) were related to Czar Russia Colonialism and were serving it.[2]
۲- When the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism was put into prison due to the riots led by him in Iran, the representative of Czar Russia Colonialism threatened the then Iranian officials to run blood river in the country (If they punish the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism)[3] and saved him and prevented him to be hanged.
۳- The Baha’i resources confess: “He (Hussein Ali Baha) was arrested and imprisoned. Apparently, because the Russian government supported him, they couldn’t martyr him; so he was exiled to Baqdad, Darussalam.[4]”
Consequently; the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism thanked the Czar Russian Emperor:
“قَد نَصَرَنِی أحَد سُفَرائِکَ إذَا کُنتَ فِی السِّجن تَحتَ السّلاسِلَ و الأغلَال…”[۵]
۴- Not only the owners of power and wealth and the tyrants supported the so-called prophet of Baha’ism; but also they pay him salary (due to his help with their followers): “I swear by the Blessed Beauty that the first loss I suffered was that I was given salary by the government and I wouldn’t accept if the Baha’is weren’t accompanied by me.[6]”
۵- Thus, the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism has been dependent on the power and the wealth of the tyrants to continue his religion making so; according to the Baha’i proselytizers’ criterion presented by them for prophets, the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism is out of the real ones.
[۱] Colonel Enayatullah Sohrab, the proselytizing course (one of the course of the summer school, year, 106), Isfahan: The national institute of the faith press, 117 Badi’a, pp. 19-20)
[۲] For more studies refer to the article: A glance at Bahaullah’s family
[۳] Refer to Seyyed Muhammad Baqer Najafi, the Baha’is, Tehran: Ma’shar publishing house, 1383 S.H., p. 603.
[۴] Mirza Heydar Isfahani, Bahjat Al-Sodour, p. 128.
[۵] Shoqi Effendi, Badi’a century, Bija: The national institute of the faith press, 123 BAdi’a, p. 224.
[۶] Hussein Ali Nouri, the collection of the Blessed Tablets, p. 158-159.
