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'''Abd al Ḥosayn Ayati''' (1871—1953) was a Persian cleric, poet, historian, journalist, and teacher. Up until the age of 30 he was a Shia cleric who then converted to the Baha'i faith.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Narges|first=Dehghanian|date=2009|title=نمکدان دفتر ادبیات شعر و نغز دوره اول پهلوی|url=https://archive.org/download/20210101_20210101_2254/%D9%86%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%20%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%20%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1%20%D9%88%20%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%B2.pdf|journal=Payame Baharestan|volume=1388:3|pages=473-478|via=http://ensani.ir}}</ref> He left the Baha'i faith 18 years later and wrote a number of polemical works describing his experience and why he reverted back to Shia Islam. ٌWhile a [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] he was a contemporary of [[ʻAbdu'l-Bahá]], who gave him the titles of "Raʾīs-al-moballeḡīn" (Chief of Missionaries) and "Avarih" (Wanderer).{{cn|date=January 2021}}
'''Abd al Ḥosayn Ayati''' (1871—1953) was a Persian cleric, poet, historian, journalist, and teacher. Up until the age of 30 he was a Shia cleric who then converted to the Baha'i faith.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Narges|first=Dehghanian|date=2009|title=نمکدان دفتر ادبیات شعر و نغز دوره اول پهلوی|url=https://archive.org/download/20210101_20210101_2254/%D9%86%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%20%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B1%20%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1%20%D9%88%20%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%B2.pdf|journal=Payame Baharestan|volume=1388:3|pages=473-478|via=http://ensani.ir}}</ref> He left the Baha'i faith 18 years later and wrote a number of polemical works describing his experience and why he reverted back to Shia Islam. ٌWhile a [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] he was a contemporary of [[ʻAbdu'l-Bahá]], who gave him the titles of "Raʾīs-al-moballeḡīn" (Chief of Missionaries) and "Avarih" (Wanderer).<ref name=":0" />


In 1920s, [[Shoghi Effendi]] sent Avarih to England to teach the Baháʼí Faith. Former member of the [[Universal House of Justice]], [[Luṭfu'lláh Ḥakím]], served as his translator during this visit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Star of the West/Volume 14/Issue 1/Text - Bahaiworks, a library of works about the Bahá’í Faith|url=https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_1/Text|access-date=2020-09-18|website=bahai.works}}</ref>
In 1920s, [[Shoghi Effendi]] sent Avarih to England to teach the Baháʼí Faith. Former member of the [[Universal House of Justice]], [[Luṭfu'lláh Ḥakím]], served as his translator during this visit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Star of the West/Volume 14/Issue 1/Text - Bahaiworks, a library of works about the Bahá’í Faith|url=https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_1/Text|access-date=2020-09-18|website=bahai.works}}</ref>


After reverting to Islam he openly opposed the Baháʼí Faith and was considered a [[Covenant-breaker]]. He returned to Tehran and spent the rest of his life as a secondary school teacher.During this period he wrote ''Kashf al-Hial'', a three volume work refuting the Baháʼí Faith.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Afshar|first=Iraj|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/ayati-abd-al-hosayn-b|title=Encyclopaedia Iranica: ĀYATĪ, ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN|publisher=|year=2011|isbn=|location=|pages=133}}</ref> He was labelled by Shoghi Effendi as a "shameless apostate".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Maxwell|first1=Ruhiyyih (Mary Khanum)|title=The Priceless Pearl|date=1969|publisher=Baháʼí Publishing Trust|location=London|page=120}}</ref>
After reverting to Islam he openly opposed the Baháʼí Faith and was considered a [[Covenant-breaker]]. He returned to Tehran and spent the rest of his life as a secondary school teacher.During this period he wrote ''Kashf al-Hial'', a three volume work refuting the Baháʼí Faith.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Afshar|first=Iraj|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/ayati-abd-al-hosayn-b|title=Encyclopaedia Iranica: ĀYATĪ, ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN|publisher=|year=2011|isbn=|location=|pages=133}}</ref> He was labelled by Shoghi Effendi as a "shameless apostate".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Maxwell|first1=Ruhiyyih (Mary Khanum)|title=The Priceless Pearl|date=1969|publisher=Baháʼí Publishing Trust|location=London|page=120}}</ref>


The numerous references made to Avarih in [[John Esslemont]]'s book ''[[John Esslemont#Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era|Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era]]'' were removed in subsequent editions published after Avarih's apostasy from the Baháʼí Faith.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://bahai-library.com/salisbury_critical_examination_literature |title= A Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature |last= Salisbury |first= Vance |date= 1997 |website= Baháʼí Library Online |publisher= |access-date= December 8, 2016 |quote=}}</ref>
The numerous references made to Avarih in [[John Esslemont]]'s book ''[[John Esslemont#Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era|Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era]]'' were removed in subsequent editions published after Avarih's apostasy from the Baháʼí Faith.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://bahai-library.com/salisbury_critical_examination_literature |title= A Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature |last= Salisbury |first= Vance |date= 1997 |website= Baháʼí Library Online |publisher= |access-date= December 8, 2016 |quote=}}</ref>

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Abd al-Hosayn Ayati

Abd al Ḥosayn Ayati (1871—1953) was a Persian cleric, poet, historian, journalist, and teacher. Up until the age of 30 he was a Shia cleric who then converted to the Baha'i faith.[1] He left the Baha'i faith 18 years later and wrote a number of polemical works describing his experience and why he reverted back to Shia Islam. ٌWhile a Baháʼí he was a contemporary of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, who gave him the titles of "Raʾīs-al-moballeḡīn" (Chief of Missionaries) and "Avarih" (Wanderer).[2]

In 1920s, Shoghi Effendi sent Avarih to England to teach the Baháʼí Faith. Former member of the Universal House of Justice, Luṭfu'lláh Ḥakím, served as his translator during this visit.[3]

After reverting to Islam he openly opposed the Baháʼí Faith and was considered a Covenant-breaker. He returned to Tehran and spent the rest of his life as a secondary school teacher.During this period he wrote Kashf al-Hial, a three volume work refuting the Baháʼí Faith.[2] He was labelled by Shoghi Effendi as a "shameless apostate".[4]

The numerous references made to Avarih in John Esslemont's book Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era were removed in subsequent editions published after Avarih's apostasy from the Baháʼí Faith.[5]

Works

Kašf al-ḥīal
  • َAtashkadeh Yazdan (God's Fireplace): A book on the history of the city of Yazd in Iran.[6]
  • Farhang-i Ayati (Ayati's Dictionary): A Persian-Arabic dictionary.[7]
  • Al-Kawākeb al-dorrīya fī maʾāṯer al-bahāʾīya (Shining Stars of Baha'i Remnants): a work on history of Baháʼí Faith.[8]
  • Kašf al-ḥīal (Uncovering the Deceptions): his work in three volumes after leaving the Baháʼí Faith where he explains why he left the Baha'i faith and explains the wrongs that he witnessed.[8] Vol. 1, Vol. 2, vol. 3.
  • Siyahat nam-i doctor jack amricaiee (The travel diary of Dr Jack the American): Real life accounts narrated as a story about the life of a foreigner investigating the Baha'i claims during his travels that Ayati refers to using the pseudonym Jack the American.[9]
  • Moballighe Baha'i dar mahzar-e ayatollah shaykh mohammad khalesi zadeh (A Baha'i Missionary in the Presence of Shaykh Muhammad Khalesi Zadeh): The report of Iranian Army personnel from Yazd that were proselytized by a Baha'i missionary and decided to consult Ayatollah Khalesizadeh about the Missionaries claims.[10]

References

  1. ^ Narges, Dehghanian (2009). "نمکدان دفتر ادبیات شعر و نغز دوره اول پهلوی" (PDF). Payame Baharestan. 1388:3: 473–478 – via http://ensani.ir. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)
  2. ^ a b Afshar, Iraj (2011). Encyclopaedia Iranica: ĀYATĪ, ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN. p. 133.
  3. ^ "Star of the West/Volume 14/Issue 1/Text - Bahaiworks, a library of works about the Bahá'í Faith". bahai.works. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  4. ^ Maxwell, Ruhiyyih (Mary Khanum) (1969). The Priceless Pearl. London: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. p. 120.
  5. ^ Salisbury, Vance (1997). "A Critical Examination of 20th-Century Baha'i Literature". Baháʼí Library Online. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Ayati, Abd al-Husayn (1938). آتشکده یزدان. Yazd (Iran).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Ayati, Abd al-Husayn (1935). فرهنگ آیتی. Tehran (Iran): Matba Danesh.
  8. ^ a b Afshar 2011. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFAfshar2011 (help)
  9. ^ Ayati, Abd al-Husayn (1927). سیاحت نامه دکتر ژاک آمریکایی (PDF). Tehran: Khavar.
  10. ^ Ayati, Abd al-Husayn (1987). مبلغ بهایی در محضر آیت الله خالصی زاده (PDF). Iran (Yazd): Golbahar.