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Throughout his tory, the calling of prophets has been accompanied by signs and evidences. These signs are called miracles. The miracle is the difference between the true claimants of prophethood and the liars who call themselves prophets. The Baha'i faith does not consider the performance of a miracle or an unusual act as proof of prophecy.
They believe that in order to prove the authenticity of the Prophet, there is no need to present an extraordinary matter, also no prophet has presented a miracle to prove his authenticity. They interpret the prophets' miracles as esoteric, but at the same time they believe that the Quran is a miracle of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). However, in 1264 AH, with the revelation of the book "Bayan Mizan Men Endellah" ( the Book Bayan )written by Ali Mohammad Shirazi known as "Bab".
This research collected, analyzed and processed data by using the library-descriptive method, and finally, the miracle of The Qur'an has been defended and finally rejects the Baha'i claim that the Qur'an is abrogated.

One of the most important criteria for distinguishing the divine school from the non-divine is its approach to the belief of monotheism, which means the oneness of God. Monotheism is the most important principle of Islam. One of the groups that introduce itself as a divine and monotheistic religion is Baha'i. This article seeks to answer the question, what is the most important criterion and measurement for the truth of the claims of the divinity of religions, and is Baha'i a divine and monotheistic religion? In response, the belief in the monotheism of Almighty God is one of the most reliable indicators and criteria of a religion's divinity and non-humanity, and it has been shown that the claims of divinity and lordship of the Baha'i leaders do not allow Baha'ism to be accepted as a divine religion. Also, in this study, the responses and justifications of the Baha'is to the claims of their leaders have been discussed and the criticisms that have been made to them have been presented. One of the most common justifications is the use of Islamic mystics' materials, which, in addition to the impossibility of adapting those materials to the claims of divinity, can be found in the documents and works of Baha'i leaders.

In the following article, the concept of distortion of Christian and Jewish scriptures has been investigated. The importance of this matter is because Baha’u’llah has pointed out in his works that the holy books are all immune to distortion and no change is possible in them. In this article, we have examined this claim. It has been argued that if all the Holy Books are immune from distortion, then there should not be any conflict between these holy texts, because they all came from the same source, but these conflicts exist and as a result, it is not considered immunity from distortion for all the holy books. We have also examined the verses of the Qur’an that indicate distortion. Finally, this article shows that Baha’u’llah’s claim is not true.

The Baha’is claim that Taqiyya (Dissimulation) is forbidden in the Baha’i Faith, and they considers it to be a kind of hypocrisy and lying. However, examination of various documents shows that Baha’i leaders and elders believed in and commanded it, but it has been banned during the Shoghi's leadership. Kamran Iqbal, retired director of the Department of Middle East and Islamic History of the University of Bochum, Germany, has published an interesting article on this subject and provided important evidences from Baha'i sources. One Baha'i wrote a critique about it, and Dr. Iqbal responded to him. Here Iqbal’s article and his answer are reviewed.

Mirza Mohammad Hasan Hosseini Shirazi (The jurist and great authority of Shia Societies during Qajar time) has been mentioned many times in the historical texts of Babi and Baha'i. What is examined here is their statement about his family relation with Ali Mohammad Bab. Also, we study if his faith based on Bab's invitation, which is sometimes referred to as the secret faith of Babi and sometimes with the secret faith of Baha'i. This research is disassociated with the second view (the secret faith by the invitation of Bab and Bahaullah).

William Miller, the researcher, writer, speaker, critic, and American Protestant Priest was born on 12 December of 1892, in Middlesboro, Kentucky, USA. In 1919, he obtained his Master from Princeton University, and then his Doctorate in Theology from university of Washington. Since 1919 he has been missioned to Iran, as a Christian Missionary from Presbyterian Church, and propagated Christianity for 40 years. He resided in Mashhad for a long time. Due to his long stay in Iran, Miller found perfect companionship and communication with the Baha`is and Babis, and knew the doctrines, teachings, books, and thoughts of the Baha`i leaders. By observing the Baha'i deceptive propaganda and activities in Europe and the United States, he sought to shed light on them by using the facts obtained from the history and teachings of the Babis and the Baha'is, and much information he had found about the Baha'is in Iran. Miller considers the Babi-Baha`ism not a divine religion, but a political- religious cult. He also knew that the Baha’i books were distorted, changed, reconstructed, and censored according to daily events and developments of the Baha’I leadership. Miller concluded in his study that the real successor of Bab was Mirza Yahya Noori, called as Subh-Azal. His half - brother (Bahaullah) seized the position of Mirza Yahya and control of the Babis by any means. Miller criticizes Abdul-Baha and Shoghi Effendi, the successors of Bahaullah, among other things, for not only they were unable to achieve the "unity of the human world", but also, for their failure to establish unity within their small family and limited Bahai community.

The Baha’i programs and practices are very important in promoting the Baha'i faith for children. Baha’i’s should set up classes for children and try to attend as many non-Baha'i children as possible, in accordance with the guidelines of the Universal House of Justice on children classes. In order to convert the children to Baha’i Faith, they teach them the interesting ethical materials and then gradually invite them to the Baha'i Faith. After children, their families are encouraged to convert to Baha'i Faith. In this article, first we mention the Universal House of Justice recommendations for the formation and planning of children's classes, then the evidences of Baha'i publicity activities towards children in some countries are shown. It has been observed that there is a great deal of sensitivity toward teaching children in various countries. Then the methods used by the Baha'is for children's classes are briefly outlined. Lastly, the important topic of prosely tize of children and junior youth in Iran and the decree of the Universal House of Justice have been taken into consideration.

Steve Marshall is a writer, thinker, critic, and Baha'i intellectual. He was attracted to Baha'i social teachings from 1972, when he was just over fifteen; and by1994, for 22 years, he was an active member of the NewZealand Baha'i community. Since 1994, after contacting Baha’i intellectuals and posting them on the Talismanvirtual forum, he was suspected as a leader of the opposing Baha’is by the Baha’I leadership in Haifa (Bait al-Adl).Then he was unofficially expelled from the Baha'i community. In 2000, by order of the House of Justice, Steve Marshall's wife, Alison, was officially expelled from the Baha'i community “as a result of her criticizing the House of Justice, and communicating and defending intellectual Baha'is.” This was a wake-up call for Steve Marshall, who could be fired out if his critical stance would continues. Steve and his wife, Alison, have been critical of the Baha'i leadership and have criticized the Baha'i Faith and the teachings of the Baha'is in various writings. This article describes some of Mr. Steve Marshall's critical positions.