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The fate of Baha'ism, Light and fire
by NUR on Fri Apr 10, 2009 07:56 AM PDT
Dear Manouchehr,
The Haifan Bahais are only one amongst a myriad of other Bahai sects,
albeit the numerical majority. In the greater scheme, however, the
Haifan Bahai organization is the malignant cancer needing to be cut
out, and this is precisely what this Physician is here to do - to cut
out a fatal and malignant cancer! All of the other Bahai
denominations, especially the Orthodox Bahais, also agree. The Haifan
Bahai organization must be cut to size in order for everyone else
concerned, non-Haifan Bahai, Bayani as well as others, to live and
breathe freely. I have no problem with the other Bahai denominations
continuing to exist in an equal playing field. It is the malignant and
cancerous bacteria that is the Haifan cult which is the problem and
which should be wiped off the face of the earth for the universal good
of humanity, insha'Llah! Furthemore, it is only fair that the living
descendents of Mirza Husayn 'Ali Baha' get back their bequeethed
inheritance, which is Bahji: i.e. the estate that Shoghi Effendi stole
from them. So, you see, we're not talking about the fate of Bahaism as
a whole. We're speaking of Divine Justice falling upon the heads of a
very specific, albeit presently powerful, cabal! The other groups can
go on and do whatsoever they like in a new world [living] in peace and
freedom, and we Bayanis are happy to commune with them in friendship
and amity, even though we believe the overall founder of Bahaism was a
malefic and satanic SOB!
Now earlier on another thread you specifically objected to my
referring to Mirza Husayn 'Ali as Nari. Your objection is noted.
Please note that the epithet is one regularly used by many Bayanis as
well, and not just for derisive and dismissive reasons; but also for
clearly demarcated theological reasons that are explicitly specified
and stipulated in the Bayan itself.
In the Persian Bayan the Essence of the Seven Letters, the Bab,
delineates that in every Resurrection/Revelation (qiyamat/zuhur) Light
(nur) and darkness (zulma), Paradise ('iliyyun) and hell (jahanam),
epiphanize within the dramaturgy of specific persons. There are the
Letters of Light (huruf-i-nur) and there are the letters of fire
(huruf-i-nar), and the difference between the words 'nur' (256) and
'nar' (251) is one letter - and note their abjad numerology is only a
difference of five (which is the abjad numerical value of the word Bab
and the letter ha'). The Letters of Light are referrable to the
reality of affirmation (isbat) and the phrase 'illa allah' (but the
Godhead) and the letters of fire to that of negation (nafy) and 'la
ilaha' (no god). As such in each Manifestation the manifestation of
the Primal Will (mashiyat-i-ula) - who is Light (nur) - is met by His
or Her antagonist, who is the personification of the fire (nar). For
every Christ there is the antichrist! If this sounds dualist in a very
odd but very old Persian sort of way it is because that is the case!
However do not take this as the final word on the overall ontology of
the Bayan because the metaphysics of the Bayan gets quite complex.
Let's just say that such dualism occurs only in the spatiotemporal
world of manifestation, and specifically during each Resurrection,
while the greater overall scheme centrifugally revolves around Tawhid
(unicity). To understand all this is to refer to the Bab's numerous,
complex esoteric commentaries on the tahlil (la ilaha illa allah) in
His Book of the Five Grades (kitab-i-panj sha'n), the Persian Bayan
and a few other places.
Now one of the countless epithets given by the Essence of the Seven
Letters to Subh-i-Azal is NUR (Light). This was both a correspondence
to the ancestral home from which Subh-i-Azal hailed from in
Mazandaran; but also because NUR is equivalent in abjad numerology to
the phrase nafs allah (Logos-Self of the Godhead) which the Bab
applied to Himself. For example, in the iqama of the Bayani namaz, we
say "ashhadu an 'aliyan qabla nabil mazhar nafs allah" (I testify that
'Ali before Nabil is the Manifestation of the Logos-Self of the
Godhead). Now the signet ring of the Primal Point also bears the
inscription, "innani ana hujjat allah wa nurihi" (Verily I am the
Proof of the Godhead and Its Light). The Proof (hujjat) of the Godhead
is Its Light which is the manifestation of Its Logos-Self (nafs). To
the Bayanis, the hujjat/proof of the Bayan is, first, Siyyid 'Ali
Muhammad Shirazi, the Bab, and after His martyrdom Mirza Yahya Nuri
Subh-i-Azal - who are deemed One and the Same. The Bab often wrote to
Subh-i-Azal - as well as His Letters of the Living - saying, "This is
an epistle/book from God the Dearly Precious, the Best Beloved, to God
the Protector, the Peerless!"
There are resonances to Gnostic Christology here, but High Imamology
and the Sufi doctrine of the Perfect Man (insan kamil) already
presupposed much of this in Islamic esotericism and theophanology. In
any case, as the successor to the Point of the Bayan Subh-i-Azal is
specifically the Return of the Point (rij'at-i-nuqta) in the station
(maqam) of Mirror (mirat). Subh-i-Azal is deemed therefore the very
Logos-Self (nafs) of the Point in another modality. The Essence of the
Seven Letters even states to Him in an epistle, "anta ana wa ana
anta" (I am You and You are I). This relationship also needs to be
understood in its proper Shi'ite context as analogous to the
relationship of Muhammad (sws) to 'Ali (as). Nubuwwat/prophecy is
discharged or apotheosized within Wilayat/Providential Guidance
through which the reality of Islam qua religion is completed. In the
Bayan Nuqtawiyat/Pointhood is likewise discharged and completed within
Miratiyat/Mirrorhood and the Bayan as religion is completed, i.e. for
every Sun (risalat) there must be a Moon (wilayat), for every a day
night, arc of descent (nuzul) and arc of ascent ('uruj), Revelation
(tanzil) and the Return (tawil)!
Given this, the violation of the sanctity of Subh-i-Azal and the
betrayal of the trust of the Primal Point by Mirza Husayn 'Ali in his
bogus claim and what transpired due to it, in the Bayani theological
context, this legitimately makes Husayn 'Ali the primal letter of
negation (harf nafy), the breaker of the primordial covenant of the
Godhead (naqiz min 'ahd Allah), thus the embodiment of the fire (nar)
and so the antichrist (dajjal) of the Revelation of the Bayan! QED
Hope this contextualizes the matter better for you. Finally, for the
record, I should also state that I am neither a liberal or neo-liberal
(or conservative, for that matter), and so do not subscribe to any
notions of political correctness, nor, moreover, do I subscribe to
vacuous and amorally platitudinal ideas about getting along for the
sake of getting along or these fake notions of unity and let's all
hold hands and sing "koombaya" like the Baha'is pretend. Such behavior
is usually the hallmark of wolves in sheeps clothing who believe
nothing is sacred. In my world, there is right and there is wrong, and
no apologies or moral waffling is needed or required to stand with
what is right against what is wrong. I also live by the motto,
"rast-gu vali kufr gu"/Speak the Truth even though it be blasphemy!
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