nd," "the First and the Last." Identifying His
Revelation with the "third woe," he, moreover, had extolled His Law as "a
new heaven and a new earth," as the "Tabernacle of God," as the "Holy
City," as the "New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared
as a bride adorned for her husband." To His Day Jesus Christ Himself had
referred as "the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne
of His glory." To the hour of His advent St. Paul had alluded as the hour
of the "last trump," the "trump of God," whilst St. Peter had spoken of it
as the "Day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat." His Day he, furthermore,
had described as "the times of refreshing," "the times of restitution of
all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy Prophets
since the world began."

To Him Muhammad, the Apostle of God, had alluded in His Book as the "Great
Announcement," and declared His Day to be the Day whereon "God" will "come
down" "overshadowed with clouds," the Day whereon "thy Lord shall come and
the angels rank on rank," and "The Spirit shall arise and the angels shall
be ranged in order." His advent He, in that Book, in a surih said to have
been termed by Him "the heart of the Qur'an," had foreshadowed as that of
the "third" Messenger, sent down to "strengthen" the two who preceded Him.
To His Day He, in the pages of that same Book, had paid a glowing tribute,
glorifying it as the "Great Day," the "Last Day," the "Day of God," the
"Day of Judgment," the "Day of Reckoning," the "Day of Mutual Deceit," the
"Day of Severing," the "Day of Sighing," the "Day of Meeting," the Day
"when the Decree shall be accomplished," the Day whereon the second
"Trumpet blast" will be sounded, the "Day when mankind shall stand before
the Lord of the world," and "all shall come to Him in humble guise," the
Day when "thou shalt see the mountains, which thou thinkest so firm, pass
away with the passing of a cloud," the Day "wherein account shall be
taken," "the approaching Day, when men's hearts shall rise up, choking
them, into their throats," the Day when "all that are in the heavens and
all that are on the earth shall be terror-stricken, save him whom God
pleaseth to deliver," the Day whereon "every suckling woman shall forsake
her sucking babe, and every woman that hath a burden in her womb shall
cast her burden," the Day "when the earth shall shine