Excerpt from Further Notes on the Literature of the Hurufis and Their Connection With the Bektashi Order of Dervishes The author next enumerates their chief heresies and the wiles whereby they seek to mislead simple-minded Muslims. He says that they believe in the divinity of Fadlu'llah, and regard the Deity as a power which manifested itself through Moses, Jesus, and all the great Prophets, and revealed the Scriptures which they brought, though it did not reveal their true allegorical meaning until it appeared in person as Fadlu'llah in the year a.h. 800 (z a.i). 1397 - 8) at Astarabad in Persia, bringing the Jdm'a'dn, which contained the true explanation of all the revealed books which had preceded it. This being their actual belief, they pretend to be Shi'ites and devoted admirers of the Prophetic Household, declaring love of the Prophet's family to be the root of the matter, and the sins of him who loves 'ali to be venial. Thus they accustom their neophytes to neglect prayer and fasting and to indulge in forbidden practices, like the drinking of wine, and only when they are well assured of their infidelity, to quote our author's words, do they teach them that blasphemous heresy which they call the Secret, ' since in fact there is in the Jdoz'a'dns no mention of the name of anyone connected with the Holy Family; only, in order to attract the Shi'ites, they say that He who appeared in the form of'. Ali was again Fadl the Huri'ifi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.