| Kitáb-i-Íqán | 81 |
Gospel to be literally fulfilled; were Jesus, Son of
Mary, accompanied by angels, to descend from the
visible heaven upon the clouds; who would dare to
disbelieve, who would dare to reject the truth, and
wax disdainful? Nay, such consternation would
immediately seize all the dwellers of the earth that
no soul would feel able to utter a word, much less
to reject or accept the truth. It was owing to their
misunderstanding of these truths that many a
Christian divine hath objected to Muhammad,
and voiced his protest in such words: "If Thou art
in truth the promised Prophet, why then art Thou
not accompanied by those angels our sacred Books
foretold, and which must needs descend with the
promised Beauty to assist Him in His Revelation
and act as warners unto His people?" Even as the
All-Glorious hath recorded their statement: "Why
hath not an angel been sent down to him, so that
he should have been a warner with Him?" (1)
Such objections and differences have persisted
in every age and century. The people have always
busied themselves with such specious discourses,
vainly protesting: "Wherefore hath not this or that
sign appeared?" Such ills befell them only because
