In all religions, learning sciences has been defined as one of signs for prophets to be related to God. As we have observed in Christianity, Judaism and Islam and the historical texts prove; but why are the proselytizers trying to justify that Ali Muhammad was illiterate while he had learned sciences?<\/p>\n
Justifying the contradiction between Bab\u2019s claim for being illiterate and his being learned, Fadhel Mazandaranisays:<\/p>\n
\u06f1) Being illiterate means not measuring various sciences and<\/p>\n
\u06f2) The title being illiterate has been used by the Shiite scholars to attribute it to Sheikism. While, this definition is contradictory with the one that is used by the Baha\u2019i leaders.<\/p>\n
Fadhel Mazandarani had found out that (he was one of the known proselytizers of Baha\u2019ism) there is a contradiction between the claim for Ali Muhammad Bab<\/a> (Babism and Baha\u2019ism leader) to be illiterate and his confession to be learned. He justifies in his book Asrarul Athar to change the meaning of being illiterate and to convey this meaning in minds that attributing the title of being illiterate to Bab<\/a> is a kind of likening him to prophet not the fact that Bab is really illiterate.<\/p>\n In this way, he has claimed that 1) Bab<\/a> doesn\u2019t mean he is illiterate because he hasn\u2019t participated in any class; but he means he hasn\u2019t learned scientific educations continually 2) Bab<\/a> was illiterate because he was close to the Sheikism scholars because according to Imamate scholars and Shiite source of religious authority, Sheikism and their followers were illiterate and uneducated.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n However, these justifications aren\u2019t acceptable due to three reasons:<\/p>\n \u06f1- Defining being illiterate in the beginning of discussion, Fadhel Mazandarani says: \u201cBeing illiterate means being uneducated \u2026 In the holy Quran, the holy prophet and Arab nation are called so\u2026[\u06f2]<\/a>\u201d however, he presents a new meaning of being illiterate. Consequently, this Baha\u2019i proselytizer is contradictory in his statements, because he considers Bab\u2019s being illiterate as the same as that of the holy prophet (P.H.)[3]<\/a> and then he assumes the meaning of Bab\u2019s being illiterate as different from other prophets.<\/p>\n \u06f2- In the book \u201cSahifeh Adlieh\u201d, he has defined being illiterate as the meaning of the lack of being learned by anybody else[4]<\/a>. Also, Abdul Baha<\/a> has defined Bab\u2019s being illiterate as the same meaning of not going to any school and not being learned by anybody else.[5]<\/a>\u201d now, if we accept the new meaning of being illiterate offered by Fadhel Mazandarani, we must consider Bab<\/a> and Abdul Baha<\/a> as liars and if we don\u2019t, we mustn\u2019t accept Fadhel Mazandarani\u2019s historical documentations!<\/p>\n \u06f3- Being illiterate can be a reason for the truth of claiming for prophethood when being illiterate means not going to school and that person possesses right sciences and knowledge free from contradictions and scientific mistakes in order for his claiming for being related to the divine science to be acceptable. So, even we accept Fadhel Mazandarani\u2019s justifications concerning Bab\u2019s being illiterate, another insolvable problem will be arisen and it will be Bab\u2019s scientific and literary mistakes which are contradictory with his divine science.[6]<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\u06f1]<\/a> Fadhel Mazandarani, Asrarul Athar, Bija: the national institute of the faith press, 124 Badi\u2019a, Vol. 1, pp. 191-193.<\/p>\n [\u06f2]<\/a> Ali Muhammad Shirazi, Sahifeh Adlieh, Ahl-e-Bayan publishing house, p. 9.<\/p>\n [\u06f3]<\/a> Under the following verse:<\/p>\n \u0648\u064e \u0645\u0627 \u06a9\u064f\u0646\u0652\u062a\u064e \u062a\u064e\u062a\u0652\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0642\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u06a9\u0650\u062a\u0627\u0628\u064d \u0648\u064e \u0644\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u062e\u064f\u0637\u0651\u064f\u0647\u064f \u0628\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0645\u064a\u0646\u0650\u06a9\u064e \u0625\u0650\u0630\u0627\u064b \u0644\u0627\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062a\u0627\u0628\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u0628\u0652\u0637\u0650\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e[\u0639\u0646\u06a9\u0628\u0648\u062a\/\u06f4\u06f8]<\/p>\n \u201cAnd thou (o Muhammad) was not a ready of any scripture before it, nor didst thou write it with thy right hand, for then might those have doubted, who follow falsehood.\u201d [Al-Ankabut\/48]<\/p>\n We will a tradition by the holy ptophet (P.H.):<\/p>\n “\u0646\u062d\u0646 \u0627\u0645\u0629 \u0644\u0627 \u0646\u0642\u0631\u0621 \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0646\u0643\u062a\u0628”<\/p>\n \u201cwe are an illiterate tribe that we don\u2019t read and write.\u201d : The great scholar Majlesi, Beharul Anwar, Beyrout: Darul Ehya Al-Torath Al-Arabi, 1403 A.H., Vol. 16, p. 119.<\/p>\n [\u06f4]<\/a> Ali Muhammad Shirazi, Sahifeh Adlieh, Ahl-e-Bayan publishing house, p. 9.<\/p>\n