خلاصة:
One of the prominent Baha’is who converted to Islam is Colonel Yadollah Thabit Rasekh. For many years he had a heartfelt trust in the Baha’i Faith; and had endured many problems along the way. He was diligent in propagating Baha’i Faith, and did not hesitate to spend his wealth and time on it. His main reasons for renouncing the Baha’i Faith were: - His protest against the performance of the Hands of the Baha’I Cause, after the death of Shoghi Effendi, as the leadership of the Baha’i community; - The illegitimacy of the House of Justice without the presence of the Guardian of the Faith (Wali Amrullah); - The division of Shoghi Effendi properties, in Iran, after his death; - And the Bab's confession about the living existence of Imam Mahdi. , Hujjat Ibn Al-Hassan Al-Askari, in his books of exegesis on the Quranic chapters. After his conversion to Islam, he was persecuted by the Baha’i organization and his former colleagues. In this article, we will have a look at parts of his life and his approaches in returning from the Baha’ism.
ملخص الجهاز:
His most important reasons for renouncing Baha'ism were: objection to the performance of the Hands of the Cause of God after the death of Shoghi Effendi in the leadership of the Baha'i community, the lack of legitimacy of the Universal House of Justice without the presence of the Guardian, the manner in which Shoghi Effendi's properties were distributed in Iran after his death, and also the Bab's confessions regarding the existence of Imam Mahdi, Hujjat ibn al-Hasan al-Askari, in his interpretations of Quranic Surahs.
He writes: «By this means, they gradually destroy and annihilate the properties of the Cause and the martyrs, and after completing all transfers, violating the rights of the state, and conspiring and compromising with the corrupt employees of the Tehran Registration Office, they introduced him as a Muslim according to the inheritance certificate number 1464 dated 27/7/37 and the verdict issued in case number 1/37/796 of the first branch of the Tehran district court, with the consent of the widow of His Holiness Shoghi Rabbani, Mrs. Maxoll; they introduced that most pure being, who was and is the first Guardian of the Baha'i faith, as a Muslim, and in accordance with the issued verdict seen by Mrs. Maxoll and the admissions and statements contained in the file, they accepted them in the name of Islam, and the inheritance certificate was issued according to Islamic rules, recognizing the expelled ones as the original owners and heirs of Mr. Shoghi Rabbani and his estate, endowments, lands of the Cause, and charitable funds, and the expelled ones also, by receiving an amount called the share of properties, lands, and endowed places in Iran, as a reward for these traitors, have reached a settlement» (Thabet Rasekh, 1392, p.
Thabet Rasekh explicitly draws the attention of his fellow Baha'is to this point: that if they believe in the book of Iqan, they must accept that the twelfth Shiite Imam and the Promised Qa'im is Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Askari عجل الله تعالی فرجه الشریف.