These Countenances are the Points of the Command and the Dawning-places of the Decree. The Command is sanctified from the veils of plurality and contingency of number. Thus it is said, " We have but one Command." Therefore as the Command is one, the Manifestations of the Command are also necessarily one. Likewise the Imams of religion and Lights of Assurance have said, " Our first is Mohammed, our last is Mohammed, and our middle is Mohammed."
To resume: It is evident and certain to your Honor that all the Prophets are the Temples of the Command of God, who have appeared in different garments, and if thou lookest with an attentive eye thou wilt find all of them dwelling in one Rizwan, soaring in one sky, seated upon one carpet, speaking one speech and enjoining one Command. This is the Unity of those Essences of Existence and illimitable and inseparable Suns. Consequently if one of these Holy Manifestations say, "I am the return of all the Prophets," it is true. Likewise in every subsequent Manifestation, the return of the former Manifestation is realized. As the return of Prophets is proven consistent and in conformity with verses and traditions, the return of the holy ones is also certain and accomplished. This return is too clear for need of proof and argument. For instance, consider that among the Prophets was Noah. When He was appointed to Prophethood and arose in the Cause with Divine mission, those who be-
