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claws
of the beasts, was now equipped with a large sword to
defend which every Muslim carried until the blood of the
Saints and Martyrs (2) was equitably avenged.
Footnotes:
1. Gen. xlix. 10. 2. Rev. vi. 9 - 11.
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(c) The White Bull. Until Prophet Ishmael, all the Prophets
are represented as white bulls; but from Prophet Jacob downwards
the princes of the chosen people appear in the form of rams.
The universal religion had been reduced to a national one;
and the Emperor had become a petty chief. Here is again
another amazing fulfillment of the vision in the Islamic
era. The leaders or the patriarchs of the ancient
international religion are represented as white bulls, and
those of the Muslim Commanders of the Faithful also as
white bulls, with the only distinction that the latter have large
black horns, emblem of twofold power, spiritual and tem-
poral. Among all clean quadrupeds there is nothing more
beautiful and noble than the white bull, and more so especial-
ly when it is crowned with a pair of large black horns. It
looks most majestic and full of grace! It is very remarkable
that the Imam of the believers, whether a Calipha or a
Sultan, or possessing both titles, is distinguished and per-
ceived day and night by the purity of his faith and actions
and by the solidity of his power and majesty at the head of
the vast and innumerable hosts of the faithful composed of
all races and languages! The vision expressly avows the
entrance and admission of the apostates and unbelievers
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into the flock. Jews - thousands of Jews - Christians, and
Sabians, as well as millions of Arabs and other heathen
nationalities, believed in the Oneness of Allah and embraced
Islam. In this connection it is worthy of note that all the
blood shed in the wars of Badr, Ohud, and other campaigns
led personally by the Prophet Muhammad, could not exceed
one-hundredth of the blood shed by Prophet Joshua. Yet not a
single instance of cruelty or injustice can be proved against
the Prophet of Allah. He was clement, noble, magnanimous,
and forgiving. This is why he is alone among all the human
race represented in all prophetical visions "the Son of Man,"
like the first man before his fall!
(d) The Son of Man establishes the Kingdom of Peace, the
capital of which is no longer the old Jerusalem, but the new
Jerusalem - the "Daru 's-Salam," the "city or court of
Peace." The Sophee or Seer in this wonderful vision nar-
rates how the terrestrial Jerusalem is lifted up and trans-
planted in a southern country; but a new Temple, larger
and higher than the first one, is built upon the ruins of the
old edifice! Gracious God! how wonderfully all this was
accomplished by Your most illustrious and Holy
of the beasts, was now equipped with a large sword to
defend which every Muslim carried until the blood of the
Saints and Martyrs (2) was equitably avenged.
Footnotes:
1. Gen. xlix. 10. 2. Rev. vi. 9 - 11.
------------- end of footnotes
(c) The White Bull. Until Prophet Ishmael, all the Prophets
are represented as white bulls; but from Prophet Jacob downwards
the princes of the chosen people appear in the form of rams.
The universal religion had been reduced to a national one;
and the Emperor had become a petty chief. Here is again
another amazing fulfillment of the vision in the Islamic
era. The leaders or the patriarchs of the ancient
international religion are represented as white bulls, and
those of the Muslim Commanders of the Faithful also as
white bulls, with the only distinction that the latter have large
black horns, emblem of twofold power, spiritual and tem-
poral. Among all clean quadrupeds there is nothing more
beautiful and noble than the white bull, and more so especial-
ly when it is crowned with a pair of large black horns. It
looks most majestic and full of grace! It is very remarkable
that the Imam of the believers, whether a Calipha or a
Sultan, or possessing both titles, is distinguished and per-
ceived day and night by the purity of his faith and actions
and by the solidity of his power and majesty at the head of
the vast and innumerable hosts of the faithful composed of
all races and languages! The vision expressly avows the
entrance and admission of the apostates and unbelievers
138
into the flock. Jews - thousands of Jews - Christians, and
Sabians, as well as millions of Arabs and other heathen
nationalities, believed in the Oneness of Allah and embraced
Islam. In this connection it is worthy of note that all the
blood shed in the wars of Badr, Ohud, and other campaigns
led personally by the Prophet Muhammad, could not exceed
one-hundredth of the blood shed by Prophet Joshua. Yet not a
single instance of cruelty or injustice can be proved against
the Prophet of Allah. He was clement, noble, magnanimous,
and forgiving. This is why he is alone among all the human
race represented in all prophetical visions "the Son of Man,"
like the first man before his fall!
(d) The Son of Man establishes the Kingdom of Peace, the
capital of which is no longer the old Jerusalem, but the new
Jerusalem - the "Daru 's-Salam," the "city or court of
Peace." The Sophee or Seer in this wonderful vision nar-
rates how the terrestrial Jerusalem is lifted up and trans-
planted in a southern country; but a new Temple, larger
and higher than the first one, is built upon the ruins of the
old edifice! Gracious God! how wonderfully all this was
accomplished by Your most illustrious and Holy