Baha'i Allegations Against Subh-i Azal - Alleged attempted fratricide

11. Alleged attempted fratricide

11.1 Allegation of Poisoning
His allegation is reproduced differently by Shoghi Effendi: “He [i.e. Subh-i-Azal] then began, contrary to his wont, to invite Baha to his house, where, one day, having smeared his tea-cup with a substance he had concocted, he succeeded in poisoning him sufficiently to produce a serious illness which lasted no less than a month, and which was accompanied by severe pain and high fever, the aftermath of which left Baha with a shaking hand till the end of his life.”

According to the Dawn-Breakers, Nabil’s Narrative, PP. 635-636, a similar allegation is preferred against “the Iranian authorities,” who are alleged to have “intercepted Baha’s food from his home,” while imprisoned in Teheran, consequent upon the attempt on the Shah’s life in 1852, and to have “ mixed it with poison which impaired his health for years.” This allegation is Nabil’s own concoction.

Shoghi Effendi’s new addition to the allegations is that “according to the testimony of one of his [i.e. Subh-i-Azal’s] wife who had temporarily deserted him and revealed the details of the above-mentioned act [i.e., (i) above], he poisoned the well which provided water for the family and companions of Baha, in consequence of which the exiles manifested strange symptoms of illness. “

The Bahai hierarchy’s allegations are without limits.

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