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breeze of Divine Revelation will blow out his light and destroy his imagined influence. You will see this.” 90ACT1.
That is exactly what happened. After Siyyid Kázim’s passing, Muhammad-KarĂm declared himself head of the ShaykhĂs and established a large following at his base in Kirmán. He got the power and glory he wanted and was even acknowledged by the Sháh. However, when the Báb wrote to him and invited him to recognize the new Revelation, not only did he reject it, but he also wrote two treatises against the Báb, one of which was at the special request of the king Násiri’d-DĂ®n Sháh . In the end, his efforts came to nothing, and he died a lost soul.
Hasan-i-Gawhar was the second of the three prominent disciples who turned away from Siyyid Kázim’s teachings. Evidently, Siyyid Kázim had said that he could head up the group after Siyyid Kázim’s passing, but only for forty-five days because the Promised One was nigh. 91ACT1 Hasan-i-Gawhar now made excuses to Mullá Husayn as to why he couldn’t leave to search for the Promised One. He remained in Karbalá’ where he actively competed to become head of the ShaykhĂs, but his efforts came to naught, and he died a dejected soul.
The third of these prominent disciples, MĂrzá MuhĂt of Kirmán, was not only self-seeking but also perhaps the most cowardly. Remember, he had asked Siyyid Kázim if he could go to Isfáhán as his representative to visit that powerful cleric but instead of granting his wish Siyyid Kázim had given him a warning not to touch “the lion’s tail.” MĂrzá MuhĂt thought of himself as a leader of the ShaykhĂs and pretended to be searching for the truth. In reality, he was full of pride and ego to the end of his days. We shall come across him again 92ACT1 when he meets the Báb in Mecca, poses questions to Him, and receives answers but refuses to recognize the Báb. In later years, he pretends to be interested in meeting Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad in his search for truth, but again turns away. MĂrzá MuhĂt died a miserable soul.
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89 Dawn-Breakers Chapter 2, p39-40
90 Amanat Resurrection and Renewal Chapter 4, p154.
91 See Act 3, Chapter 3.
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