Zimmer

A comparison of excerpts from the alleged testament of Abdul Baha with phrases from God Passes By, the major work of Shoghi Effendi, supplies further proof for what is probably the greatest falsification of the second millenium A. D. - The "wrath of God and His vengeance" exist only in the Will and Testament of the pseudo-Abdul Baha and in Shoghi Eflendi's God Passes By, but not according to the Master, the historical Abdul Baha.

To Abdul Baha, to whom sincere hymns of praise were sung on his trip through Europe and the USA by journalists and writers of all kinds, are now attributed expressions about the trespasses and conduct of his enemies which are missing in his remaining literature and which simultaneously oppose his teachings. These quotations from the alleged testament of Abdul Baha are contrasted with phrases with similar attributes from Shoghi Effendi's God Passes By.

ALLEGED WILL & TESTAMENT OF ABDUL BAHA - WILMETTE 1971		SHOGHI EFFENDI GOD PASSES BY WILMETTE 1970

"What deviation can be more odious. "p. 7		as a flagitious crime p. 52 with so heinous a crime p. 63 a heinous betrayal p. 38 a people preeminent in atrocity p. 197
"What deviation can be more shameful....." p 7		of their nefarious activities p. 124 the infamous and insidious machinations. p. 327 of inducing him to rid himself of a shameful and profligate minister.p. 16 of inflicting atrocities as barbarous as p. 63 the perfidy of renegades p. 178
"What deviation can be more infamous......" p.7		as to the low-born and infamous Amir-Nizam.. p. 82 with the in famous crew... p.319
"What deviation can be more wicked... "p. 7		of so wicked a conspiracy p. 4 to that wicked minister.- p. 27. through acts of indelible infamy...p. 408
What transgression can be more abominable, more odious, more wicked than this ! p. 8		More odious than . . more shameful than more perfidious than . . ., more abhorrent than - - . more infamous than . . ., the monstrous behavior of Mirza , Yahya . . . brought.. . p. 163 the scheming, the ambitious and profligate Mirza Buzurg Khan . . . p. 232
Further we find: a deadly enemy p. 7		by black-hearted foes .. . p. 409 ;
with the utmost enmity p.5		by the implacable hostility p. 63 an unyielding enemy... p. 77
in utter falsehood .. .p.17		this brazen heresy... p. 36
from such atrocious falsehoods! p.8		through his flagrant neglect p. 320
with utmost subtlety...p.8		which the infamous and crafty SiyyidMuhammed p. 117
the flagrant injustice ... p.4		a shameless apostate. . . p. 327 which his father had so foolishly, so shamelessly and so pitifully striven to extinguish p. 233
with hate and rebelliousness... p.17		the insatible hatred...p.46
a hater and opponent...p.25		united in relentless hate p.63
to the wiles of the people of malice...p.4		that vile whisper... p.164

The pathetic-bombastic manner of expression is further accentuated by increasing the use of more negative attributes:

The manner of expression in the alleged Testament of Abdul Baha and in tha standard work of Shoghi Effendi is noticeably similar: overburdened, full of Baroque pomposity, hard and cold. This is supplemented by the timid admission of the student Peter Muehischlegel: "It goes against the grain in the West, to accept this rough judgment about outward and inward enemies of the belief. . ." 24

We find further extraordinarily similar formulas in both works where they deal with the "Wrath of God":

The simple "wrath of God" and Its strengthening by "and His vengeance" fit badly with the image of Abdul Baha, of whom Shoghi himself writes, quoting one of the many reporters during the great trip: "the translucent humility, the never failing love..." 25

The following saying of the Master shows that the "wrath of God" never existed at ail in Abdul Baha's vocabulary: "Read, my daughter, the holy books of humanity, expecially study the New Testament as a Christian: show me where the great Master Jesus speaks of the "wrath of God". But He does speak of the consuming love of the Father for the lost Son!" 26

This is the tenor of Abdul Baha's language as it inextinguishably burned itself into the hearts of the Bahais then while, for the most part, the language of his alleged testament has nothing to do with that of the historical Abdul Baha!

With these three proofs, that of the London handwriting expert in 1930 and the historical and philological ones of 1970, we Free Bahais think we have brought the complete proof of the falsification of the alleged testament of Abdul Baha. The organized Bahais will do exactly what the Christian church did in the Middle Ages: They will no longer defend themselves!

Thanks to the clean-up activity of the Bahai organization there is not much left over from the findings of the handwriting expert. The organized Bahais will be compelled to take a position because of the distribution of these facts in German and English to the departments of comparative religions and history in all the institutes of higher education in the world, the editorial staffs of all newspapers and periodicals of our globe as well as to all the libraries of the large cities of all continents: and the organized Bahais are obliged to express their opinions of the reactions of the intersted readers, great or small.

The task which we have set before us, namely to bring out further proof that the alleged Will and Testament of Abdul Baha is an obvious forgery, would be accomplished. The organized Bahais, however, will deny these facts as very interesting comparisons but, when seen as a whole, " insufficient ". Therefore further investigations about the testament itself as well as about the Guardian and the alterations in the Bahai religion since Abdul Baha's death follow.

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23. Shoghi Effendi, Promised Day. p. 67.
24. "Bahai-Nachrichten", August 1952. Vol. 5. p. 16
25 Shoghi Effendi, GPB , p. 290
26. Sayings of Abdul Baha to Miss St., 1910 in Haifa, "Sonne der Wahrheit", 1934, p. 7

HERMANN ZIMMER