umed at the purport of these two
blessed verses. Such established and undisputed facts have been forgotten,
and no one hath paused to reflect, in days past or in this day, upon the
things that have prompted men to turn away from the Revealers of the light
of God at the time of their manifestation.

245 Likewise, before the appearance of the Seal of the Prophets, consider
Jesus, the Son of Mary. When that Manifestation of the All-Merciful
revealed Himself, all the divines charged that Quintessence of faith with
impiety and rebellion. Eventually, with the sanction of Annas, the most
learned of the divines of His day, and Caiaphas, the high priest, His
blessed person was made to suffer that which the pen is ashamed to mention
and powerless to describe. The wide world in all its vastness could no
longer contain Him, until at last God raised Him up unto heaven.

246 Were a detailed account of all the Prophets to be given here, We fear
that it might lead to weariness. The doctors of the Torah in particular
assert that no independent Prophet will come after Moses with a new Law.
They maintain that a Scion of the House of David shall be made manifest
Who will promulgate the Law of the Torah, and help establish and enforce
its commandments throughout the East and the West.

247 The followers of the Gospel, likewise, hold as impossible that the
Bearer of a new Revelation should again shine forth from the dayspring of
the Will of God after Jesus, Son of Mary--peace be upon Him! In support of
this contention, they adduce the following verse from the Gospel: "Heaven
and earth shall pass away, but the words of the Son of Man shall never
pass away."(48) They maintain that neither the teachings nor the
commandments of Jesus--peace be upon Him!--may ever be altered.

248 At one point in the Gospel, He saith: "I go away, and come again."(49)
Again in the Gospel of John, He hath foretold the advent of a Comforter
who shall come after Him.(50) In the Gospel of Luke, moreover, a number of
signs and portents have been mentioned. Certain divines of that Faith,
however, have interpreted these utterances after their own fancy, and have
thus failed to grasp their true significance.

249 O would that thou wouldst permit Me, O Shah, to send unto thee that
which would cheer the eyes, and tranquillize the souls, and persuade every
fair-minded person that with Him is the knowledge of the Book. Certain
persons, incapable of answering the objections