The Baha’is were constantly going to show the so-called new innovations and teachings of Hussein Ali Baha to the public and to introduce his as a prophet having new and unprecedented messages on behalf of God for the new era. However, how is it possible to be assumed that the Baha’ism cult is a saving way for human kind in the new era having teachings imitated from intellectual religions and schools?!
One of the reasons for reasons for renewing prophethood and religious law by God is the growth and rise of the humane community. Consequently, although each religious law didn’t violate the principles and generalities of the previous one, but had difference4s comparing the previous one. On the other hand, the next religious laws have been more complete than the previous ones.
Consequently, the Baha’is were going to display the so-called innovations and teachings of Hussein Ali Baha to the public and to introduce him as a prophet having new and unprecedented messages for the new era on behalf of God.[1] In order to justify the necessity for the prophetic mission of Hussein Ali Nouri (Baha), they are claiming for the maturity of humanity in his period of time so that he could receive new teachings by God. For this reason, God sent Hussein Ali Nouri on a mission to cause those new teachings to reach to human beings. As Dr. Esslement writes: “The position of the Excellency Bahaullah is unique among the prophets because the world conditions were unique in his period of time. Due to a series of progress and developments in the world of religion, science and industry and civilization, the world had been prepared for teaching unity.[2]”
Nevertheless, it is interesting to be noted that these so-called principles and teachings of Bahaullah by which the Baha’is are considering the religious law of Islam as abolished are presented for the first time by his offspring Abdul Baha not by him.
Thus, the imitative principles of Baha’ism teachings are divided into three parts:
- Some of them have been mentioned in previous religions particularly Islam such as: the oneness of humane world, general peace, the conformity between religion and science and wisdom and etc.[3] and Baha’ism has adopted them and recorded in its name.
- Some of these principles such as the equality between men and women are unprecedented in other religions and have been adopted from the intellectual and cultural atmosphere of the west and its social conditions.[4]
- Some of the teachings which have been adopted by other religions (such as removing all prejudices[5] have been used in serving Colonialism and the universal dominance system by improper interpretations (and deviating removing all national and sexual prejudices and etc.[6])
Anyway, how is it possible to assume that the Baha’ism cult is the way of saving humanity in the new era by teachings which have been imitated from other intellectual religions and schools?!
[۱] Abbas Effendi, the Sermons, Germany: the assembly of publishing the faith works, 1921 A.D., Vol. 2, p. 144.
[۲] J. Esslement, Bahaullah and the new era, translated by Bashirullahi, p. 145.
[۳] For more studies refer to the article: Abdul Baha and claiming for Baha’i teachings to be unique
[۴] For more studies refer to the article: the equality between men and women; is it invented or imitation by Baha’ism?!
[۵] Sheikh Koleini, Kafi principles, Tehran: Darul Kotob Al-Islamiyah, 1365 S.H., Vol. 2, p. 308.
[۶] Refer to Abbas Effendi, the Sermons, Germany, the assembly of publishing the faith works, 1921 A.D., Vol. 3, p. 147.
