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35. Then Moses announced Glad Tidings unto the people about Him Who was to come after Him, and when Jesus came unto them with clear and Holy Signs, they waxed proud before Him saying, “Thou art not the Promised One,” as well as “Thou art naught but a man who practices sorcery.” Likewise, Jesus announced Glad Tidings unto them about a Prophet Who was to appear after Him couched in glorious and praiseworthy expressions. Though when Muhammad, the Messenger of God, came unto them, they receded away from Him and renounced Him saying, “This is naught but a man who inventeth fabrications about God, the Help in Peril, the Self Subsisting.” Then when He was raised unto God, they assembled around His divine Authority just as ye observe today, and all wept over what had befallen Him, humbled themselves, and pronounced curses upon those who wronged Him. At the time He was rising unto the Companionship of the Most High and ascending unto the shades of the Farthest Limit, He made a promise unto the people about the One Who was to come after Him, and all of the Concourse of the Furqán are included in that. Then the Revelation was concluded and the time continued until ‘Alí Muhammad came with signs and wonders, brilliant arguments, perfect explanations, and written proofs. Then all waxed proud before God and against His divine Authority, even after every one of them had received the Promise to appear before Him, and all of that which hath been written in the Preserved Tablet attesteth unto that, just as ye recite in the Book that God, when He sealed Prophethood with His Beloved, He announced Glad Tidings of His encounter unto all, such was the fixed decree. So when God 18 came unto them within the canopies of clouds, blew the Trumpet of Revelation, 19 rent the heavens asunder, and crushed the mountains, everyone recoiled on their heels, but they still await His appearance even as the Jews and the Christians await He of Whom they hath been promised aforetime. From that time unto this day they continue to wait, but how many Messengers hath God truly sent unto them after Moses until this day? Yet they remain oblivious and every year they say, “He will come next year!” Hence, apprehend their condition and the condition of those who are overshadowed by the obscurity of their own selves. Observe then those who hath joined partners with God, in all that they hath done before and continue to do today. Thus hath We presented unto thee each special pronouncement and related for thee whatsoever hath befallen the Messengers of God, in such wise that ye may become well acquainted with the mysteries of the Cause of God and be of those who hath entered beneath the shade of the divine Countenance in this Day, for God hath raised each of Them unto a station in which They were known only to Himself after they turned away from Him.