less
than a hundred thousand verses similar to these have already been
disseminated among the people, not to mention His Epistles, His Prayers or
His learned and philosophical treatises. He revealeth no less than a
thousand verses within the space of five hours. He reciteth verses at a
speed consonant with the capacity of His amanuensis to set them down.
Thus, it may well be considered that if from the inception of this
Revelation until now He had been left unhindered, how vast then would have
been the volume of writings disseminated from His pen.

If ye contend that these verses cannot, of themselves, be regarded as a
proof, scan the pages of the Qur'an. If God hath established therein any
evidence other than the revealed verses to demonstrate the validity of the
prophethood of His Apostle--may the blessings of God rest upon Him--ye may
then have your scruples about Him...

Concerning the sufficiency of the Book as a proof, God hath revealed: 'Is
it not enough for them that We have sent down unto Thee the Book to be
recited to them? In this verily is a mercy and a warning to those who
believe.'(60) When God hath testified that the Book is a sufficient
testimony, as is affirmed in the text, how can one dispute this truth by
saying that the Book in itself is not a conclusive proof?... II, 1.

"Since that Day is a great Day it would be sorely trying ..."

Since that Day is a great Day it would be sorely trying for thee to
identify thyself with the believers. For the believers of that Day are the
inmates of Paradise, while the unbelievers are the inmates of the fire.
And know thou of a certainty that by Paradise is meant recognition of and
submission unto Him Whom God shall make manifest, and by the fire the
company of such souls as would fail to submit unto Him or to be resigned
to His good-pleasure. On that Day thou wouldst regard thyself as the
inmate of Paradise and as a true believer in Him, whereas in reality thou
wouldst suffer thyself to be wrapt in veils and thy habitation would be
the nethermost fire, though thou thyself wouldst not be cognizant thereof.

Compare His manifestation with that of the Point of the Qur'an. How vast
the number of the Letters of the Gospel who eagerly expected Him, yet from
the time of His declaration up to five years no one became an inmate of
Paradise, except the Commander of the Faithful [Imam 'Ali], and those who
secretly believed in Him. All the rest were accounted as i