The book Kashful Qita’ has been written by Abdul Baha’s order to answer the book “Noqtatul Kaff”. However, events like occupying Palestine by the English and falling Czar Russian Emperor cause Abdul Baha to change his capital from czar to London. Consequently, most copies of the book was destroyed by his order because it possessed anti-English nature.
As clear by its name, the book “Kashful Qita’” An Hiyal Al-A’ada has been written answering the book Noqtatul Kaff.[1] The book refers to the time when the Babis were exiled from Iran and there had been differences among Bab’s followers and divisions happened.
When Babism movement was divided into branches, the Baha’is were supported by the Russian; and the English supported Azalis and tried to confiscate Babism movement in favor of themselves. One of the famous English people was Edward Brown. He found a book called Noqtatul Kaff and published and introduced its writer as Mirza Jani Kashani and wrote a long introduction for it. The title of the book is the history of Bab’s emergence and the first 8-year events since Babism history. This book can’t be definitely accepted by the Baha’is because Bab hasn’t introduced the Baha’ism leader as the successor and has proved the successorship of Sobhi Azal.
Thus, Abdul Baha decides to answer the book Noqtatul KAff suitabley and confiscates the history of Bab in favor of Baha’ism.
Abdul Baha commissioned Abul Fadhl Golpaygani (the most prominent proselytizer of Baha’ism) to answer the book. Nevertheless, it was taken over by Mirza Mehdi and some other Baha’is like Adib Taleghani and Naeem Sedhi and Samatqand Qazvini.[2]
As it is obvious by the introduction of Kashful Qita’, the book has been compiled during the years 1330-1340 A.H. and published in Tashkand in 1337. However, some events such as occupying Palestine land by the English and falling czar Russian Emperor cause Abdul Baha to change his Kiblah from the capital of czar to London.
This political change caused Abdul Baha to follow the supreme power.[3] Also, Abul Baha gathered thousand copies of the book “Kashful Qita’” (published in Russia) written ordered by him[4]. Because the British troops won in Haifa and Abdul Baha considered it as inadvisable for the book to be published having anti-English nature. So, he ordered to burn Kashful Qita’ copies after gathering them.
How is it possible for the Baha’i leaders to be from God depending on tyrants and having continuous change towards super powers; while the Almighty God has prevented human being to depend on tyrants:
“وَ لا تَرْکَنُوا اِلَی الَّذینَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّکُمُ النّارُ وَ مَا لَکُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ مِنْ اَوْلِیَاءَ ثُمَّ لا تُنْصَرُون [هود/۱۱۳]
“And incline not toward those who do wrong lest the Fire touch you, and ye have no protecting friends against Allah, and afterward ye would not be helped.” [Al-Hud/113]
[۱] Refer to FAdhel Mazandarani, Asrarul Athar, Bija: the national institute of the faith press, 124 BAdi’a, Vol. 1, pp. 79-80.
[۲] Ibid.
[۳] Refer to Abbas Effendi. Makatib, Egypt, Farajullah Zakiul Kurdi edition, 1st edition attempted by Fani 1921 A.D. Vol. 3, p. 347.
[۴] Refer to Abul Fadhl Golpaygani, Kashful Qita, Tashkand, Bina, 1919 A.D. pp. 389-394.
