The Fate of the Point’s Writings

8.   Subh-i Azal’s Correspondence with Professor Browne
According to Subh-i Azal’s letter to Professor Browne, the Traveler’s Narrative, English Translation, vol II, Professor Browne’s Note U, pp. 335-343, “Eventually I entrusted them [i.e. the writings] to my own relatives [in whose keeping] they were preserved for a while …… there was one resource that this humble one [i.e. myself] should make his relation. This trustees. So did this humble one; and whatever [was mine] of books and epistles was deposited in their house. The vicissitudes of the world so fell out that these also unsheathed the sword of hatred and wrought what they could. They carefully put to the sword the remnant of [my] friends who stood firm, and making strenuous effort, get into their hands such of the books of His Highness the Point as were obtainable, with the idea of destroying them, and [thereby] rendering their own works more attraction. They also carried my trust [i.e. the books above referred to committed to their care], and fell not short in anything which can be effected by foes [1].”


[1] Recently (in the year 2003), Bahais had to withdraw from publication writings which they believed to be works of Baha only to realize that had by mistake published works of Subh-i Azal!