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of Baptism. This point is extremely important. St. John had
foretold the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire by the
Prophet Muhammad, as we saw in the preceding articles.
The immediate Baptizer being God Himself, and the
mediate the Son of Man or the Barnasha of the vision of
Daniel, it was perfectly just and legitimate to mention those
two names as the first and second efficient causes; and the
name of the Holy Spirit, too, as the causa materialis of the
Sibghatullah! Now the Divine Appellation "Father,"
before its abuse by the Church, was rightly invoked. In
fact, the Sibghatullah is a new birth, a nativity into the
Kingdom of God which is Islam. The Baptizer who causes
this regeneration is directly Allah. To be born in the
religion if Islam, to be endowed with the faith in the true
God, is the greatest favor and gift of the "Heavenly
foretold the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire by the
Prophet Muhammad, as we saw in the preceding articles.
The immediate Baptizer being God Himself, and the
mediate the Son of Man or the Barnasha of the vision of
Daniel, it was perfectly just and legitimate to mention those
two names as the first and second efficient causes; and the
name of the Holy Spirit, too, as the causa materialis of the
Sibghatullah! Now the Divine Appellation "Father,"
before its abuse by the Church, was rightly invoked. In
fact, the Sibghatullah is a new birth, a nativity into the
Kingdom of God which is Islam. The Baptizer who causes
this regeneration is directly Allah. To be born in the
religion if Islam, to be endowed with the faith in the true
God, is the greatest favor and gift of the "Heavenly