the blessed verse revealed concerning Hamza "[1]Lord of the Martyrs," and "[2]Abu-Jahl," is a clear evidence and manifest proof as it is said: "Or, he who hath been dead and whom we have restored unto life and unto whom we have ordained a light whereby he may walk among men, (be) as he whose similitude is in darkness and who is not out of it" (K. S. 6)?
This verse was revealed from the Heaven of Will at the time Hamza was clad in the holy robe of faith and Abu-Jahl was rooted and fixed in unbelief and denial. So " life after death " was applied to Hamza from the source of Mighty Divinity and the abode of the Most Great Supremacy; but the contrary was applied to Abu-Jahl. For this reason the fire of unbelief flamed in the hearts of the infidels and the winds of contradiction arose. They cried out: " When did Hamza die; when was he quickened and when was this life imparted to him? "As they did not comprehend these blessed explanations nor appeal to the people of Ziker[3] in order that these might confer a sprinkling of the Kawther of Significances upon them, therefore such corruptions raged throughout the world.
In like manner thou seest in the present day that
