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TAGS: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Iran; Shimr; Ulama; Yazid
Abstract:
Tablet of Bahaullah comparing Yazíd and Shimr with the theocratic institutions of Persia.

Comparison of Yazíd and Shimr with the Divines of Persia

Bahá'u'lláh

Mohammad Norozi, translator

2026-02

The Tablet offers a poignant reflection on the conduct of the religious authorities of Persia, illustrating the severity and injustice that characterized their actions in that era — an issue that, in various forms, continues to resonate in the present day.

This tablet of Bahá'u'lláh is published in Majmū‘iy-i-Āthār-i-Qalam-i-A‘lá, no. 31, p. 140.

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