As the adherents of Jesus have never understood the hidden meaning of
these words, and as the signs which they and the leaders of their Faith
have expected have failed to appear, they therefore refused to
acknowledge, even until now, the truth of those Manifestations of Holiness
that have since the days of Jesus been made manifest. They have thus
deprived themselves of the outpourings of God’s holy grace, and of the
wonders of His divine utterance. Such is their low estate in this, the Day
of Resurrection! They have even failed to perceive that were the signs of
the Manifestation of God in every age to appear in the visible realm in
accordance with the text of established traditions, none could possibly
deny or turn away, nor would the blessed be distinguished from the
miserable, and the transgressor from the God-fearing. Judge fairly: Were
the prophecies recorded in the Gospel to be literally fulfilled; were
Jesus, Son of Mary, accompanied by angels, to descend from the visible
heaven upon the clouds; who would dare to disbelieve, who would dare to
reject the truth, and wax disdainful? Nay, such consternation would
immediately seize all the dwellers of the earth that no soul would feel
able to utter a word, much less to reject or accept the truth. It was
owing to their misunderstanding of these truths that many a Christian
divine hath objected to Muḥammad, and voiced his protest in such words:
“If Thou art in truth the promised Prophet, why then art Thou not
accompanied by those angels our sacred Books foretold, and which must
needs descend with the promised Beauty to assist Him in His Revelation and
act as warners unto His people?” Even as the All-Glorious hath recorded
their statement: “Why hath not an angel been sent down to him, so that he
should have been a warner with Him?”(63)
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