ining stars of the Muhammadan Dispensation, hath
not in the least been made manifest? Nay, the contrary hath come to pass.
Have not His disciples and companions been afflicted of men? Are they not
still the victims of the fierce opposition of their enemies? Are they not
today leading the life of abased and impotent mortals? Yea, the
sovereignty attributed to the Qa'im and spoken of in the scriptures, is a
reality, the truth of which none can doubt. This sovereignty, however, is
not the sovereignty which the minds of men have falsely imagined.
Moreover, the Prophets of old, each and every one, whenever announcing to
the people of their day the advent of the coming Revelation, have
invariably and specifically referred to that sovereignty with which the
promised Manifestation must needs be invested. This is attested by the
records of the scriptures of the past. This sovereignty hath not been
solely and exclusively attributed to the Qa'im. Nay rather, the attribute
of sovereignty and all other names and attributes of God have been and
will ever be vouchsafed unto all the Manifestations of God, before and
after Him, inasmuch as these Manifestations, as it hath already been
explained, are the Embodiments of the attributes of God, the Invisible,
and the Revealers of the divine mysteries.

Furthermore, by sovereignty is meant the all-encompassing, all-pervading
power which is inherently exercised by the Qa'im whether or not He appear
to the world clothed in the majesty of earthly dominion. This is solely
dependent upon the will and pleasure of the Qa'im Himself. You will
readily recognize that the terms sovereignty, wealth, life, death,
judgment and resurrection, spoken of by the scriptures of old, are not
what this generation hath conceived and vainly imagined. Nay, by
sovereignty is meant that sovereignty which in every dispensation resideth
within, and is exercised by, the person of the Manifestation, the Day-star
of Truth. That sovereignty is the spiritual ascendancy which He exerciseth
to the fullest degree over all that is in heaven and on earth, and which
in due time revealeth itself to the world in direct proportion to its
capacity and spiritual receptiveness, even as the sovereignty of Muhammad,
the Messenger of God, is today apparent and manifest amongst the people.
You are well aware of what befell His Faith in the early days of His
dispensation. What woeful sufferings did the hand of the infidel and
erring, the divin