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13 June 2023
- 17:3617:36, 13 June 2023 diff hist +912 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi173 Created page with "Notwithstanding the obviousness of this theme, in the eyes of those that have quaffed the wine of knowledge and certitude, yet how many are those who, through failure to understand its meaning, have allowed the term “Seal of the Prophets” to obscure their understanding, and deprive them of the grace of all His manifold bounties! Hath not Muḥammad, Himself, declared: “I am all the Prophets”? Hath He not said as We have already mentioned: “I am Adam, Noah, Mose..." current
- 17:3617:36, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,173 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic173 Created page with "و اين مطلب با اينکه چقدر واضح است نزد شاربان صهبای علم و ايقان، مع ذلک چه مقدار از نفوس که به سبب عدم بلوغ به اين مطلب به ذکر خاتم النّبيّين محتجب شده از جميع فيوضات محجوب و ممنوع شدهاند با اينکه خود آن حضرت فرمود: "اَمَّا النَّبيّونَ فَاَنَا." و همچنين فرمودند: من..." current
- 17:3517:35, 13 June 2023 diff hist +923 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 172 Created page with "So, from these statements, it became clear that if at the end of all ends a dawn appears and rises upon the same matter upon which the first of all firsts dawned, each mirror of truth from the first dawn reflects onto the last dawn. Because the last of all lasts has risen upon the same matter upon which the first of all firsts had risen. This is why the Point of Declaration, may our soul be his sacrifice, likened the Suns of Unity to the sun that, if it rises from the fi..." current
- 17:3217:32, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,174 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi172 Created page with "From these statements therefore it hath been made evident and manifest that should a Soul in the “End that knoweth no end” be made manifest, and arise to proclaim and uphold a Cause which in “the Beginning that hath no beginning” another Soul had proclaimed and upheld, it can be truly declared of Him Who is the Last and of Him Who was the First that they are one and the same, inasmuch as both are the Exponents of one and the same Cause. For this reason, hath the..." current
- 17:3217:32, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,154 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic172 Created page with "پس، از اين بيانات معلوم شد که اگر در آخر لا آخر طلعتی بيايد و قيام نمايد بر امری که قيام نمود بر آن طلعت اوّل لا اوّل، هر آينه صدق طلعت اوّل بر طلعت آخر می شود زيرا که طلعت آخر لا آخر قيام نمود به همان امر که طلعت اوّل لا اوّل بر آن قيام نمود. اين است که نقطه بيان، روح..." current
- 17:2917:29, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,528 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 171 Created page with "Therefore, purify and sanctify your sight from the boundaries of outward forms, so that you may perceive all as one in name, form, essence, and truth, and observe the secrets of the return of words in the revealed verses. Consider to some extent the companions of the Point of the Criterion, how they became detached and sanctified from all human aspects and carnal desires due to the holy breaths of His Holiness, and before all the people of the earth, they succeeded in th..." current
- 17:2817:28, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,826 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi171 Created page with "Purge thy sight, therefore, from all earthly limitations, that thou mayest behold them all as the bearers of one Name, the exponents of one Cause, the manifestations of one Self, and the revealers of one Truth, and that thou mayest apprehend the mystic “return” of the Words of God as unfolded by these utterances. Reflect for a while upon the behavior of the companions of the Muḥammadan Dispensation. Consider how, through the reviving breath of Muḥammad, they were..." current
- 17:2717:27, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,875 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic171 Created page with "پس نظر را از حدودات ظاهره طاهر و منزّه کن تا همه را به يک اسم و يک رسم و يک ذات و يک حقيقت مشاهده نمائی و اسرار رجوع کلمات را هم در حروفات نازله ملاحظه فرمائی. قدری تفکّر در اصحاب عهد نقطه فرقان نما که چگونه از جميع جهات بشريّه و مشتهيات نفسيّه به نفحات قدسيّه آن حضر..." current
- 17:1617:16, 13 June 2023 diff hist +874 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 170 Created page with "This means that in each subsequent revelation, the souls who have excelled in faith, who have sipped the pure waters of understanding from the beauty of divine unity, and who have soared to the highest levels of faith, certainty, and detachment - they are considered, nominally and practically, in action and in word, and in matter, as the returning souls of the previous ones who had reached these levels in the previous revelation. For what appeared from the servants of th..." current
- 17:1517:15, 13 June 2023 diff hist +785 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi170 Created page with "Therefore, those who in every subsequent Dispensation preceded the rest of mankind in embracing the Faith of God, who quaffed the clear waters of knowledge at the hand of the divine Beauty, and attained the loftiest summits of faith and certitude, these can be regarded, in name, in reality, in deeds, in words, and in rank, as the “return” of those who in a former Dispensation had achieved similar distinctions. For whatsoever the people of a former Dispensation have m..." current
- 17:1517:15, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,012 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic170 Created page with "اين است که در هر ظهور بعد، انفسی که سبقت يافتند به ايمان از کلّ من علی الارض و شربت زلال معرفت را از جمال احديّت نوشيدند و به اعلی معارج ايمان و ايقان و انقطاع ارتفاع جستند حکم رجوع انفس قبل که در ظهور قبل به اين مراتب فائز شدهاند بر اين اصحاب ظهور بعد می شود اسماً..." current
- 17:1317:13, 13 June 2023 diff hist +289 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 169 Created page with "O brother, these clear, sufficient, and comprehensive explanations reveal the secrets of new creation, return, and resurrection without any veil or cover. God willing, with unseen supports, you will shed the old garment of body and soul and honor yourself with the new, everlasting attire." current
- 17:1017:10, 13 June 2023 diff hist +411 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi169 Created page with "O brother, behold how the inner mysteries of “rebirth,” of “return,” and of “resurrection” have each, through these all-sufficing, these unanswerable, and conclusive utterances, been unveiled and unraveled before thine eyes. God grant that through His gracious and invisible assistance, thou mayest divest thy body and soul of the old garment, and array thyself with the new and imperishable attire." current
- 17:0917:09, 13 June 2023 diff hist +354 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic169 Created page with "ای برادر، از اين بيانات شافيه کافيه وافيه اسرار خلق جديد و رجوع و بعث، بی حجاب و نقاب ظاهر و هويدا است. انشاءاللّه به تأييدات غيبيّه جامه کهنه را از جسم و جان دور کنی و به خلع جديده باقيه مفتخر گردی." current
- 17:0817:08, 13 June 2023 diff hist +670 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 168 Created page with "Similarly, these souls, through the divine elixir, traverse the earthly realm instantly to set foot in the holy realms, and with a single step, they connect from the confined place to the divine placeless. Strive to attain this elixir, which in an instant takes you from the west of ignorance to the east of knowledge, turns the dark night of uncertainty into a radiant morning, points the far desert of doubt towards the spring of proximity and certainty, and dignifies the..." current
- 17:0717:07, 13 June 2023 diff hist +823 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi168 Created page with "Likewise, these souls, through the potency of the Divine Elixir, traverse, in the twinkling of an eye, the world of dust and advance into the realm of holiness; and with one step cover the earth of limitations and reach the domain of the Placeless. It behooveth thee to exert thine utmost to attain unto this Elixir which, in one fleeting breath, causeth the west of ignorance to reach the east of knowledge, illuminateth the darkness of night with the resplendence of the mo..." current
- 17:0717:07, 13 June 2023 diff hist +827 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic168 Created page with "همچنين اين نفوس هم از اکسير الهی در آنی عالم ترابی را طيّ نموده به عوالم قدسی قدم گذارند و به قدمی از مکان محدود به لامکان الهی واصل شوند. جهدی بايد تا به اين اکسير فائز شوی، که در يک آن مغرب جهل را به مشرق علم رساند و ظلمت ليل ظلمانی را به صبح نورانی فائز گرداند و بع..." current
- 17:0517:05, 13 June 2023 diff hist +339 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 167 Created page with "Indeed, in any case, the perfect elixir brings the copper substance to the status of gold instantly, completing the journey of seventy years in a moment. Can it be said afterward that the gold is copper or has not reached the realm of gold? Meanwhile, there is a touchstone present, clearly demonstrating the qualities of gold from copper." current
- 17:0417:04, 13 June 2023 diff hist +353 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi167 Created page with "Be that as it may, the real elixir will, in one instant, cause the substance of copper to attain the state of gold, and will traverse the seventy-year stages in a single moment. Could this gold be called copper? Could it be claimed that it hath not attained the state of gold, whilst the touchstone is at hand to assay it and distinguish it from copper?" current
- 17:0317:03, 13 June 2023 diff hist +442 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic167 Created page with "باری، در هر حال اکسير کامل مادّه نحاسی را در آنی به مقام ذهبی می رساند و منازل هفتاد ساله را به آنی طيّ نمايد. آيا آن ذهب را بعد می توان گفت که نحاس است و يا به عالم ذهبی نرسيده و حال آنکه محک در ميان است و صفات ذهبی را از نحا سی معيّن و واضح می نمايد." current
- 17:0217:02, 13 June 2023 diff hist +307 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 166 Created page with "For example, consider a copper substance. If it remains preserved in its own mine under the domination of dryness, it reaches the status of gold over seventy years. Although, some consider the copper itself as gold, which due to the predominance of dryness has become ill and has not reached its own status." current
- 17:0117:01, 13 June 2023 diff hist +356 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi166 Created page with "For instance, consider the substance of copper. Were it to be protected in its own mine from becoming solidified, it would, within the space of seventy years, attain to the state of gold. There are some, however, who maintain that copper itself is gold, which by becoming solidified is in a diseased condition, and hath not therefore reached its own state." current
- 17:0117:01, 13 June 2023 diff hist +375 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic166 Created page with "مثلاً در مادّه نحاسی ملاحظه فرمائيد که اگر در معدن خود از غلبه يبوست محفوظ بماند در مدّت هفتاد سنه به مقام ذهبی می رسد. اگر چه، بعضی خود نحاس را ذهب می دانند که به واسطه غلبه يبوست مريض شده و به مقام خود نرسيده." current
- 16:5916:59, 13 June 2023 diff hist +438 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 165 Created page with "Indeed, it is clear that without divine transformation, it is impossible for such effects and actions, which bear no resemblance to their previous deeds and actions, to emerge from them and come into existence in the universe. As their anxiety would turn into tranquility, doubt would transform into certainty, and fear would be exchanged for courage. This is the nature of the divine elixir, which transforms servants in a single moment." current
- 16:5716:57, 13 June 2023 diff hist +409 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi165 Created page with "It is evident that nothing short of this mystic transformation could cause such spirit and behavior, so utterly unlike their previous habits and manners, to be made manifest in the world of being. For their agitation was turned into peace, their doubt into certitude, their timidity into courage. Such is the potency of the Divine Elixir, which, swift as the twinkling of an eye, transmuteth the souls of men!" current
- 16:5616:56, 13 June 2023 diff hist +578 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic165 Created page with "باری، اين مطلب واضح است که بدون تغيير و تبديل الهی محال است اين قسم آثار و افعال که به هيچ وجه شباهت به آثار و افعال قبل ندارد از ايشان ظاهر شود و در عرصه کون بوجود آيد. چنانچه اضطرابشان به اطمينان تبديل می شد و ظنّ به يقين تغيير می يافت و خوف به جرئت مبادله می گشت. ا..." current
- 16:5516:55, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,668 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 164 Created page with "Indeed, these individuals, despite all these limiting veils and boundaries, once they sipped the wine of faith from the cup of certainty at the hands of the Divine Manifestations, would completely transform. So much so that they would forsake their wives, children, possessions, burdens, and even their lives and faith, indeed everything, and become consumed by the overwhelming attraction of Divine love and the magnetism of divine tastes. They would consider the world and..." current
- 16:5016:50, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,490 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi164 Created page with "These same people, though wrapt in all these veils of limitation, and despite the restraint of such observances, as soon as they drank the immortal draft of faith, from the cup of certitude, at the hand of the Manifestation of the All-Glorious, were so transformed that they would renounce for His sake their kindred, their substance, their lives, their beliefs, yea, all else save God! So overpowering was their yearning for God, so uplifting their transports of ecstatic de..." current
- 16:4816:48, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,580 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic164 Created page with "و همين گروه، با همه اين حجبات محدوده و حدودات مذکوره به مجرّد اينکه صهبای ايمان را از کأس ايقان از ايادی مظاهر سبحان می نوشيدند بالمرّه تقليب می شدند به قسمی که از زن و فرزند و اموال و اثقال و جان و ايمان بلکه از کلّ ما سوی می گذشتند و به قسمی غلبات شوق الهی و جذبات..." current
- 16:4316:43, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,834 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 163 Created page with "Indeed, it is known and certain that all the Prophets are the temples of the command of God who appeared in different forms. And if you observe subtly, you will see all of them dwelling in one Paradise, flying in one sky, sitting on one carpet, speaking one word, and commanding one command. This is the unity of the essence of existence and the infinite, uncountable Suns. So if one of these holy manifestations says, "I am the return of all Prophets," he is truthful. And l..." current
- 16:4116:41, 13 June 2023 diff hist +2,193 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi163 Created page with "It is clear and evident to thee that all the Prophets are the Temples of the Cause of God, Who have appeared clothed in divers attire. If thou wilt observe with discriminating eyes, thou wilt behold them all abiding in the same tabernacle, soaring in the same heaven, seated upon the same throne, uttering the same speech, and proclaiming the same Faith. Such is the unity of those Essences of being, those Luminaries of infinite and immeasurable splendor. Wherefore, should..." current
- 16:4116:41, 13 June 2023 diff hist +2,442 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic163 Created page with "باری، معلوم و محقّق آن جناب بوده که جميع انبياء هياکل امراللّه هستند که در قمائص مختلفه ظاهر شدند. و اگر به نظر لطيف ملاحظه فرمائی همه را در يک رضوان ساکن بينی و در يک هوا طائر و بر يک بساط جالس و بر يک کلام ناطق و بر يک امر آمر. اين است اتّحاد آن جواهر وجود و شموس غير..." current
- 16:3716:37, 13 June 2023 diff hist +1,743 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 162 Created page with "It is known that those who bear the divine trust manifest themselves in the world of dominion by a new decree and a novel command. As these celestial beings descend from the heaven of divine will, they all stand by a firm divine command. Therefore, they hold the command of being one spirit and one essence, for all drink from the chalice of divine love and are blessed by the fruits of the tree of unity. These manifestations of truth have two established stations. One is..." current
- 16:3616:36, 13 June 2023 diff hist +2,052 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi162 Created page with "Furthermore, it is evident to thee that the Bearers of the trust of God are made manifest unto the peoples of the earth as the Exponents of a new Cause and the Bearers of a new Message. Inasmuch as these Birds of the Celestial Throne are all sent down from the heaven of the Will of God, and as they all arise to proclaim His irresistible Faith, they therefore are regarded as one soul and the same person. For they all drink from the one Cup of the love of God, and all part..." current
- 16:3516:35, 13 June 2023 diff hist +2,195 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic162 Created page with "و ديگر معلوم آن جناب بوده که حاملان امانت احديّه که در عوالم ملکيّه به حکم جديد و امر بديع ظاهر می شوند چون اين اطيار عرش باقی از سماء مشيّت الهی نازل می گردند و جميع بر امر مبرم ربّانی قيام می فرمايند لهذا حکم يک نفس و يک ذات را دارند، چه جميع از کأس محبّت الهی شارب..." current
12 June 2023
- 18:0818:08, 12 June 2023 diff hist +994 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/GPT4 161 Created page with "Now grasp the command of return, which has been revealed so explicitly in the Qur'an itself, and yet no one has understood it to this day. What do you say? If you say that He was the return of the previous prophets, as inferred from the verse, and likewise His companions would be the return of previous companions, as from the mentioned verses the return of previous servants is clear and obvious. And if they deny, they have spoken against the command of the Book, which is..." current
- 17:3717:37, 12 June 2023 diff hist +1,197 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Shoghi161 Created page with "Strive therefore to comprehend the meaning of “return” which hath been so explicitly revealed in the Qur’án itself, and which none hath as yet understood. What sayest thou? If thou sayest that Muḥammad was the “return” of the Prophets of old, as is witnessed by this verse, His Companions must likewise be the “return” of the bygone Companions, even as the “return” of the former people is clearly attested by the text of the above-mentioned verses. And..." current
- 17:3717:37, 12 June 2023 diff hist +1,205 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9/Arabic161 Created page with "حال حکم رجوع را ادراک فرما که به چه صريحی در خود فرقان نازل شده و احدی تا اليوم ادراک آن ننموده. حال چه می فرمائيد؟ اگر می فرمائيد که آن حضرت رجعت انبيای قبل بودند چنانچه از آيه مستفاد ميشود، و همچنين اصحاب او هم رجعت اصحاب قبل خواهند بود، چنانچه از آيات مذکوره هم ر..." current
- 17:3217:32, 12 June 2023 diff hist +104 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9 Created page with "{{paragraphs20|Kitab-i-Iqan/Page9|Arabic|Shoghi|GPT4_|offset=160}} Next page ->" current
- 17:3117:31, 12 June 2023 diff hist +1,306 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/GPT4 160 Created page with "Likewise, in another verse addressing the people of His time, He says: "They used to seek victory in battles over the disbelievers and when there came to them that which they recognized, they disbelieved in it. So the curse of Allah is on the disbelievers." It states: This group used to fight against the disbelievers in the path of God, seeking victory for the cause of God. But when the one whom they had recognized came to them, they disbelieved in him. Therefore, may Go..." current
- 17:2917:29, 12 June 2023 diff hist +1,252 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/Shoghi160 Created page with "Likewise, Muḥammad, in another verse, uttereth His protest against the people of that age. He saith: “Although they had before prayed for victory over those who believed not, yet when there came unto them He of Whom they had knowledge, they disbelieved in Him. The curse of God on the infidels!”114 Reflect how this verse also implieth that the people living in the days of Muḥammad were the same people who in the days of the Prophets of old contended and fought in..." current
- 17:2917:29, 12 June 2023 diff hist +1,805 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/Arabic160 Created page with "و همچنين در آيه ديگر می فرمايد تعرّضاً به اهل زمان: "وَ كَانُواْ مِن قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى الّذينَ كَفَرُواْ فَلَمَّا جَاءهُم مَّا عَرَفُواْ كَفَرُواْ بِهِ فَلَعْنَةُ اللَّه عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ." می فرمايد: بودند اين گروه که با کفّار مجاهده و قتال می نم..." current
- 17:2517:25, 12 June 2023 diff hist +487 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/GPT4 159 Created page with "Reflect carefully on this explanation so that the sweet breeze of gnosis from the land of Mercy may be smelled, and the soul may be led to the garden of understanding by the sweet discourse of the Beloved. This is why the heedless people, unable to comprehend the lofty and complete meanings of these statements, and not finding the answer in accordance with their own assumptions and questions, therefore attributed lack of knowledge and madness to those jewels of knowledge..." current
- 17:2417:24, 12 June 2023 diff hist +535 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/Shoghi159 Created page with "Ponder this in thine heart, that the sweet gales of divine knowledge, blowing from the meads of mercy, may waft upon thee the fragrance of the Beloved’s utterance, and cause thy soul to attain the Riḍván of understanding. As the wayward of every age have failed to fathom the deeper import of these weighty and pregnant utterances, and imagined the answer of the Prophets of God to be irrelevant to the questions they asked them, they therefore have attributed ignorance..." current
- 17:2417:24, 12 June 2023 diff hist +507 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/Arabic159 Created page with "درست در اين بيان تفکّر فرما تا نسيم خوش عرفان از مصر رحمان بوزد و جان را از بيان خوش جانان به حديقه عرفان رساند. اين بود که مردم غافل چون معنی اين بيانات بالغه کامله را ادراک نمی نمودند و جواب را به گمان خود مطابق سؤال نمی يافتند لهذا نسبت عدم علم و جنون به آن جواهر..." current
- 17:2117:21, 12 June 2023 diff hist +1,518 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/GPT4 158 Created page with "Among the events was when a group of deniers of that unparalleled beauty and those deprived of the eternal Kaaba, mockingly stated, "Indeed, Allah has made a covenant with us that we will not believe in a messenger until he brings us a sacrifice consumed by fire." The content of this is that the Lord has made a pact with us that we won't believe in a messenger unless he performs the miracle of Abel and Cain, meaning he sacrifices something and a fire from the sky comes a..." current
- 17:1017:10, 12 June 2023 diff hist +1,488 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/Shoghi158 Created page with "And it came to pass that on a certain day a number of the opponents of that peerless Beauty, those that had strayed far from God’s imperishable Sanctuary, scornfully spoke these words unto Muḥammad: “Verily, God hath entered into a covenant with us that we are not to credit an apostle until he present us a sacrifice which fire out of heaven shall devour.”112 The purport of this verse is that God hath covenanted with them that they should not believe in any messen..." current
- 17:1017:10, 12 June 2023 diff hist +2,131 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/Arabic158 Created page with "از جمله اينکه روزی جمعی از مجاحدان آن جمال بی مثال و محرومان از کعبه لايزال از روی استهزاء عرض نمودند: "إِنَّ اللّهَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا أَلاَّ نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حتّى يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرْبَانٍ تَأْكُلُهُ النَّارُ." مضمون آن اين است که پروردگار عهد کرده است به ما که..." current
- 17:0217:02, 12 June 2023 diff hist +1,072 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/GPT4 157 Created page with "My friend, if you take a little flight in the heavens of the meanings of Furqan (The Criterion) and stroll in the land of divine knowledge that is spread therein, many doors of knowledge will open to you in the face of that noble presence. You will be certain that all these matters that today prevent these servants from entering the shore of the eternal sea also prevented the people of that era from recognizing that Sun at the emergence of the point of Furqan and from ac..." current
- 16:5916:59, 12 June 2023 diff hist +717 N Kitab-i-Iqan/Page8/Shoghi157 Created page with "O my friend, were the bird of thy mind to explore the heavens of the Revelation of the Qur’án, were it to contemplate the realm of divine knowledge unfolded therein, thou wouldst assuredly find unnumbered doors of knowledge set open before thee. Thou wouldst certainly recognize that all these things which have in this day hindered this people from attaining the shores of the ocean of eternal grace, the same things in the Muḥammadan Dispensation prevented the people..." current