after a thousand or more years, who like all previous Messengers of
God will be subjected to persecutions, but will eventually triumph over
them. For men of ill-will have been and will always continue to be in this
world, unless mankind reaches a state of complete and absolute
perfection--a condition which is not only improbable but actually
impossible to attain. The fundamental difference, however, between this
Dispensation and all previous ones is this, that in this Revelation the
possibility of permanent schism between the followers of the Prophet has
been prevented through the direct and explicit instructions providing for
the necessary instruments designed to maintain the organic unity of the
body of the Faithful."

113: MANIFESTATIONS (THE PHRASE--"HIS HOLINESS")

"In Persian it is impolite not to use the word Hadrat before the name of
the Prophet, so that strictly speaking, a proper translation should always
have 'His Holiness Moses' etc.; however, as this seems peculiar in
English, and not in the best usage of our language, he feels it can be
dispensed with. Pronouns referring to the Manifestation, or the Master,
should, however, invariably be capitalized."

114: MANIFESTATIONS (RETURN OF THE QUALITIES)

"The reflection of the qualities of holy souls can take place at any time;
it is not confined to the period when the Manifestation is on earth."

115: MANIFESTATIONS (SIGNIFICANCE OF THE REMAINS OF THE PROPHETS)

"There is no special physical significance in the remains of the Prophets
or relics of Their Persons. But there is a profound spiritual significance
in the sense that Their dust was the physical mirror of the greatness of
God. In other words we know God through His Prophets, Who have bodies;
these bodies--Their very dust--are precious through association. It is
natural for people to be touched by a lock of hair or some token of one
they loved; how much more should we treasure and feel moved by a relic of
the Beloved of God?

"The Bab has told us to bury the dead in silk (if possible) in coffins of
crystal. Why? Because the body, though now dust, was once exalted by the
immortal soul of man! The portrait of the Bab should be regarded as an
inestimable privilege and blessing to behold, as past generations were
denied a glimpse of the Face of the Manifestation, once He had passed on."

"The atoms of the Prophets are just atoms, like all others, but the
association of th