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with water unto repentance, but he who comes after me,142he is stronger than I; he will baptize you with fire and with the Holy Spirit.” It was this fire and this spirit with which Muhammad (pbuh) baptized the semi-barbarian nomads, the heathen Gentiles, and converted them into an army of heroic saints, who transformed the old waning synagogue and the decaying church into a permanent and strong Kingdom of Allah in the promised lands and elsewhere.4. The permanence and the dignity ofthe Kingdom of ALLAHIs doubly assured by an Angel to Daniel. It is stated that “all the nations under the heaven shall serve the People of the Saints of the Most High.” It requires no proof to say that all the Christian Powersshow a particular respect, and even deference when necessary, not only to Muslim Powers, to Muslim sacred places and mosques, but also to the local institutions of their Muslimsubjects. The mystery of this “service” lies in this: in the first place, the Muslims always inspire respect and fear through their dignified behaviour, attachment to their religion and obedience to just laws, and their peacefulness; and secondly, because the Christian Governments, as a rule, treat the Muslims with justice and do not interfere with their laws and religion.Space does not permit us to extend our observations over other points of this Divine Religion and Kingdom, such as the Muslim Caliphs, Sultans, etc. Suffice it to say that the Muslim Sovereigns are subject to the same Quran laws as their compatriots; that justice and modesty are the best safeguards for the prosperity and stability of every State, Muslim or non-Muslim; and that the spirit and the principles of the Book of Allah (Quran) are the best guidance for all legislation and civilization.