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Steps to the shrine of the `Bab'

Detailed discussion of each & every Bahai claim is available on pg 5 The Acid test.

Baha'ullah's claims
        During his life time, Baha'ullah made numerous claims. Here is a list of claims he made about himself.

1. The Bahai faith claims that the coming of the Bab & Baha'ullah heralded the Judgement day, spoken of in the Qur'an & the ` coming of the lord'. As the christians claim that Jesus Christ ( PBUH ) was the son of God, Baha'ullah actually claimed that he was the was the father himself who had come! ( god forbid ). In the proclamation of Baha'ullah pg 27 ( & also 84, 85, 93 ), he clearly writes about himself - "He, verily, is come with His Kingdom, and all the atoms cry aloud: `Lo! The Lord is come in His great majesty!' He Who is the Father is come".
        In the kitab Al Aqdas, the muslims are told that `the merciful god has come with clear arguments'. It is also stated that he was the `nabi-e-azeem' meaning great news. He even attributed the resurrection day mentioned in the Qur'an to mean his appearance.

2. Though the Bab had very clearly stated that Mirza Yahya was his successor. The Bab also predicted Yahya's appearance in the Bayan ( the Babi holy book ) in chapter 17 stating the phrase `Man Yazharahullaho' (  the one whom god will manifest ). But strangely Baha'ullah claimed the title for himself.

3. He claimed that he was the Christ incarnate which the Christian & the Islamic scriptures are supposed to have  prophesied.

4. He claimed that he was Imam Mahdi as stated by Prophet Muhammed ( PBUH ).

Note that the Bab also made the very same claims.

5. He claimed that he was the reincarnation of Buddha talked of in the Buddhist scriptures.

6 He claimed that he was the next avatar of Krishna.

7. He claimed that he was the nuqta or the converging point of all the previous Prophets.

This is not all. His followers & companions also made numerous claims.
 

1. Mulla Hussain Bushrui, the first person to accept the Bab called himself 'Bab-ul-Bab' (Gate of the Gate).

Before continuing, it would be appropriate to discuss here the meaning of 'Raj'at'. This word means to return, and in Islamic terms, it means that a group of persons of all times who were extremely oppressed, or were extremely evil oppressors, would come back to life before the Day of Judgement, and the oppressed one would have an opportunity to seek his revenge from the oppressor. This concept is found not only in Quran, but also in Islamic traditions.

2. Haji Mohammed Ali claimed to be the Raj'at of Holy Prophet (PBUH).

3. Qurratul Ayn, Tahera Qazvini claimed to be the Raj'at of Janabe Fatematuz Zahra (PBUH). (Reference: Nuqtatul Qaaf by Mirza Jani, Page 14)

4. Bushrui claimed to be the Raj'at of Hussain (PBUH), the grandson of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) (Nuqtatul Qaaf, Page 253)

5. Seven years after the claim of Bab, Baseer claimed to be the Raj'at of Hasan (PBUH), the grandson of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

Please note: All the Bahai beliefs are impossible to be expressed in a single page. So we recommend about.com's page on Bahaism, as it has one of the most exhaustive content on Bahaism. Here is the link. Note that this is important part of the study, as many of the references in this site are from that source.    http://bahai.about.com/religion/bahai/mbody.htm
 
 

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