Bahai Belief and Courtesy: Bahaullah Refers to

Those that Deny Him as Animals, Pigs, Donkeys, Dogs,

and Bastards
Created: 16 October 2014
Last Updated: 28 September 2015
Courtesy and politeness are moral and ethical values that all true Prophets and
messengers of God advocate and abide too. Bahais claim that their leader Bahaullah,
has put a great emphasis on this topic and cite quotes from him such as:
O people of God! I admonish you to observe courtesy, for above all else it is
the prince of virtues. Well is it with him who is illumined with the light of
courtesy and is attired with the vesture of uprightness. Whoso is endued with
courtesy hath indeed attained a sublime station. (Bahaullah, Tablets of
Bahaullah Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 88)
The question is: was Bahaullah a courteous man himself and referred to other people
with courtesy and politeness?
1- Instances where Bahaullah refers to his deniers as donkeys
Bahaullah refers to those who denied him and his enemies as pigs, donkeys, and dogs.
He calls the followers of the Bab who refused to acknowledge him donkeys:

Say, Oh you donkey! Whatever God says is the truth and will not become
void by the words of the polytheists (deniers of Bahaism). (Bahaullah,
Kitab-i badi`, p. 174)
There are numerous other instances where he refers to other people using the same
derogatory term. In another case, he gives a Bahai the following advice and insults
Muslim scholars by calling them donkeys with large turbans:



Protect yourself so that from the donkey enemies, those with large turbans
do not turn you away from (Baha'ism)... (Bahaullah, Athar-i Qalam-i A`la,
vol. 2, no. 83, p. 504)
In another instances he tells one of his deniers:

Say: verily you, you donkey, have not attained the truth regarding this
matter (Bahaullah, Athar-i Qalam-i A`la, vol. 2, no. 86, p. 544)
He tells the same person that he has been turned into a donkey by Bahaullahs spirit:

 ...

"Say, Oh you donkey! We protected him and nurtured him and praised him
and remembered him we know what your father taught you in the nights
and days. He whispered into your breast and blew into you from my spirit
that transforms all men into donkeys." (Bahaullah, Athar-i Qalam-i A`la, vol.
2, no. 86, p. 542-3)
2- Instances where Bahaullah refers to his deniers as animals and dogs
Bahaullah would frequently call his deniers and enemies animals. Pay attention to the
following quotes:

Encompassed as I am at this time by the dogs of the earth and the beasts of
every land, concealed as I remain in the hidden habitation of Mine inner
Being. (Bahaullah, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 4)

O group of polytheists (deniers of Bahaism), if you take pride in your name
remaining amongst the animals or being mentioned amongst the livestock,
then take pride in that for you are worthy of it. (Bahaullah, Athar-i Qalam-i
A`la, vol. 2, no. 81, p. 452)

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When the one who turned away from God halted (in accepting me) and fell
off the path, in that moment his body left the garb of humanness and
appeared and became visible in the skin of animals. Sanctified is He who
changes the beings how he likes. (Bahaullah, Kitab-i badi`, p. 110)
Bahaullah goes as far as telling his followers that if they refer to his deniers as humans,
he would deprive them of Gods graces:


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From this day, any individual that mentions as human a single person from
those who deny mewhether that [denier] has a high or low staturethey
will be excluded from all of (Gods) Merciful Graces, let alone trying to prove
[those deniers] have dignity or stature. (Bahaullah, Kitab-i badi`, p. 140)
3- Instances where Bahaullah refers to his deniers as pigs
In the midst of criticizing a person by the name of Shaykh Abdul-Husayn, Bahaullah
refers to him as a pig and says:


Woe unto you pig for what you have committed. (Abdul-Hamid Ishraq
Khavari, Rahiq-i makhtum, vol. 2, p. 27)
In a letter to Sayyid Mahdi of Dahaj, Bahaullah refers to the words of Mirza Yahya
Subh-i Azal and his followers using these words:


Know that the meowing of cats, the barking of dogs and beyond that the
howling of wolves and grunting of pigs has risen. (Fadil Mazandarani, Asrar
al-athar, vol. 5, p. 177)
4- Instances where Bahaullah refers to his deniers as bastards
In one of his writings Bahaullah states that deniers of Bahaism should ask their state
from their mothers, which is a phrase used in Persian/Arabic to imply that someone is a
bastard:


Whoever denies this apparent exalted luminous grace (meaning Bahaism),
it is worthy that he asks his state from his mother and he will soon be
returned to the bottom of hell, Ishraq Khavari, Maidiy-i asimani, vol. 4, p.
355;
In another instance, he utters a similar sentence but this time states that Satan has slept
with the deniers mother:

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Whoever has the enmity of this servant (meaning Bahaullah) in his heart,
certainly Satan has entered their mothers bed, Ishraq Khavari, Ganj-i
shaygan, p. 79.
All the aforementioned statements were uttered by the same Bahaullah that would
claim:
We, verily, have chosen courtesy, and made it the true mark of such as are
nigh unto Him. Courtesy, is, in truth, a raiment which fitteth all men,
whether young or old. Well is it with him that adorneth his temple therewith,
and woe unto him who is deprived of this great bounty. (Bahaullah,
Proclamation of Bahaullah, p. 20)
The same Bahaullah that would preach:
Verily I say, the tongue is for mentioning what is good, defile it not with
unseemly talk. God hath forgiven what is past. Henceforward everyone
should utter that which is meet and seemly, and should refrain from slander,
abuse and whatever causeth sadness in men. (Bahaullah, Kitab-i Aqdas)
And the same Bahaullah that would speak these words:
Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee,
and say not that which thou doest not. This is My command unto thee, do
thou observe it. (Bahaullah, The Hidden Words of Bahaullah, p. 52)
Is Bahaullah willing to ascribe the aforementioned statements to himself? If not why
does he ascribe them to others?
Bahais deem it appropriate for their leader to refer to those that deny him as animals,
pigs, dogs, donkeys, and bastards. How will they react if a non-Bahai calls a Bahai a
pig, dog, or donkey?
In some cases when Bahais want to justify these words, they claim using fallacious
arguments, that since similar statements might be found in the scriptures of other faiths,
Bahaullah was also justified in using this kind of inappropriate terminology! We will
not comment on those statements and the fallacies Bahais use. Instead, we will show
using Bahai scripture that such arguments are completely invalid, because according to
Abdul-Baha, the Bahai teachings are such that unlike all religions, faiths, and creeds,
the enemies and deniers of Bahaism are to be treated with great respect and under no
condition must they be insulted or referred to using profanities:
The divine principles in this luminous era are such that one must not insult
anyone, Abdul-Baha, Makatib, vol. 1, p. 355.
In every dispensation, there hath been the commandment of fellowship and
love, but it was a commandment limited to the community of those in mutual
agreement, not to the dissident foe. In this wondrous age, however, praised
be God, the commandments of God are not delimited, not restricted to any
one group of people, rather have all the friends been commanded to show
forth fellowship and love, consideration and generosity and loving-kindness

to every community on earth . . . The meaning of this is that ye must show

forth tenderness and love to every human being, even to your enemies, and
welcome them all with unalloyed friendship, good cheer, and loving-kindness.
When ye meet with cruelty and persecution at anothers hands, keep faith
with him; when malevolence is directed your way, respond with a friendly
heart. To the spears and arrows rained upon you, expose your breasts for a
target mirror-bright; and in return for curses, taunts and wounding words,
show forth abounding love. (Abdul-Baha, Selections From the Writings of
Abdul-Baha, no. 7, pp. 20-22)
"From the beginning of human history down to the present time the various
religions of the world have anathematized and accused each other of falsity.
Each religion has considered the others bereft of the face of God, deprived of
His mercy and in the direct line of divine wrath. Therefore, they have
shunned each other most rigidly, exercising mutual animosity and rancor ...
Each one of the divine religions considers itself as belonging to a goodly and
blessed tree, the tree of the Merciful, and all other religious systems as
belonging to a tree of evil, the tree of Satan. For this reason they heap
execration and abuse upon each other. This is clearly apparent in books of
historical record and prevailed until the time of the appearance of
Bahullh. When the light of Bahullh dawned from the East, He
proclaimed the promise of the oneness of humanity. He addressed all
mankind, saying, Ye are all the fruits of one tree. There are not two trees:
one a tree of divine mercy, the other the tree of Satan. Again He said, Ye
are all the fruits of one tree, the leaves of one branch. This was His
announcement; this was His promise of the oneness of the world of humanity.
Anathema and execration were utterly abrogated. He said, It is not
becoming in man to curse another; it is not befitting that man should
attribute darkness to another; it is not meet that one human being should
consider another human being as bad; nay, rather, all mankind are the
servants of one God; God is the Father of all; there is not a single exception
to that law. There are no people of Satan; all belong to the Merciful. There is
no darkness; all is light. All are the servants of God, and man must love
humanity from his heart. He must, verily, behold humanity as submerged in
the divine mercy . . . Bahullh has clearly said in His Tablets that if you
have an enemy, consider him not as an enemy. Do not simply be longsuffering; nay, rather, love him. Your treatment of him should be that which
is becoming to lovers. Do not even say that he is your enemy. Do not see any
enemies. Though he be your murderer, see no enemy. Look upon him with
the eye of friendship. Be mindful that you do not consider him as an enemy
and simply tolerate him, for that is but stratagem and hypocrisy. To consider
a man your enemy and love him is hypocrisy. This is not becoming of any
soul. You must behold him as a friend. You must treat him well. This is
right." Abdul-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, pp. 265267.
in all religious teachings of the past the human world has
been represented as divided into two parts: one known as the

people of the Book of God, or the pure tree, and the other the
people of infidelity and error, or the evil tree. The former were
considered as belonging to the faithful, and the others to the
hosts of the irreligious and infidelone part of humanity the
recipients of divine mercy, and the other the object of the
wrath of their Creator. Bahullh removed this by proclaiming
the oneness of the world of humanity, and this principle is
specialized in His teachings, for He has submerged all mankind
in the sea of divine generosity. (Abdul-Baha, The Promulgation of
Universal Peace, p. 454.)

Once one delves into Bahai scripture, specially the statements of Bahaullah that have
not been translated into English to date, it becomes apparent that the teachings of
Bahaism are in no wise compatible with how they are advertised today.
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