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away, and a stronger and larger one was given to the
Apostle of Allah (the “Shiloah”) in its place. It is indeed
marvellous how this prophetical vision of the Seer was
literally fulfilled when Muhammad’s sceptre became the
emblem of the Muslim sovereignty over all the countries
-in Egypt, Assyria, Chaldea, Syria, and Arabia- where the
people of God were persecuted by the pagan powers of
those countries and by the foreign heathen powers of the
Medo-Persians, Greeks, and Romans! What a glorious
fulfilment of the vision it is when the flock of sheep, for
many centuries having been exposed to the merciless beaks
and claws of the birds of prey and to the sharp and terrible
teeth and claws of the beasts, was now equipped with a
large sword to defend which every Muslim carried until the
blood of the Saints and martyrs [1] was equitably avenged.

(c) The White Bull. Until Ishmael (pbuh) all the Prophets
are represented as white bulls; but from Jacob (pbuh)
downwards the princes of the chosen people appear in the
form of rams. The universal religion had been reduced to
a national one; and the Emperor had become a petty chief.
Here is again another amazing fulfilment of the vision in
the Mohammadan era. The leaders or the patriarchs of
the ancient international religion are represented as white
bulls, and those of the Muslim Commanders of the Faithful
also as white bulls, with the only distinction that the
latter have large black horns, emblem of twofold power,
spiritual and temporal. Among all clean quadrupeds, there
is nothing more beautiful and noble than the white bull,
and more so especially when it is crowned with a pair
of large black horns. It looks most majestic and full of
grace! It is very remarkable that the Imam of the believers,
whether a Caliph or a Sultan, or possessing both titles, is
distinguished and perceived day and night by the purity
of his faith and actions and by the solidity of his power

[1] . Rev. vi. 9-11.