Note 190

190. O source of perversion! # 184

This is a reference to &Mirza &Yahya, known as &Subh-i-Azal (Morning of Eternity), a younger half-brother of &Baha'u'llah, who arose against Him and opposed His Cause. &Mirza &Yahya was nominated by the &Bab to serve as a figure-head for the &Babi community pending the imminent manifestation of the Promised One. At the instigation of Siyyid &Muhammad-i-Isfahani (see note 192), &Mirza &Yahya betrayed the trust of the &Bab, claimed to be His successor, and intrigued against &Baha'u'llah, even attempting to have Him murdered. When &Baha'u'llah formally declared His Mission to him in Adrianople, &Mirza &Yahya responded by going to the length of putting forward his own claim to be the recipient of an independent Revelation. His pretensions were eventually rejected by all but a few, who became known as &Azalis (see note 177). He is described by Shoghi +P249 Effendi as the "Arch-Breaker of the Covenant of the &Bab" (see God Passes By, chapter X).