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must needs be revealed and established either in
the lifetime of every Manifestation of God or after
His ascension unto His true habitation in the
realms above. What thou dost witness today is but
a confirmation of this truth. That spiritual ascendency,
however, which is primarily intended, resideth
within, and revolveth around Them from
eternity even unto eternity. It can never for a moment
be divorced from Them. Its dominion hath
encompassed all that is in heaven and on earth.
The following is an evidence of the sovereignty
exercised by Muhammad, the Day-star of Truth.
Hast thou not heard how with one single verse He
hath sundered light from darkness, the righteous
from the ungodly, and the believing from the infidel?
All the signs and allusions concerning the
Day of Judgment, which thou hast heard, such as
the raising of the dead, the Day of Reckoning, the
Last Judgment, and others have been made manifest
through the revelation of that verse. These revealed
words were a blessing to the righteous who
on hearing them exclaimed: "O God our Lord,
we have heard, and obeyed." They were a curse
to the people of iniquity who, on hearing them affirmed:
"We have heard and rebelled." Those
