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275away, 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 reducedto 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 oftheMuslimCommanders oftheFaithful 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 Imām 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.