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(a) When a Hebrew Prophet (pbuh) predicts that “all the
nations and peoples of the earth shall serve him” (i.e. the
Barnasha) or “the people of the Saints of the Most High.”
we must understand that he means thereby the nations
mentioned in Genesis xv. 18-21, and not the English, the
French, or the Chinese nations.

(b) By the phrase “the people of the Saints of the
Most High”, it is understood to mean first the Jews and
then the Christians who confessed the absolute unity of
God, fought and suffered for it until the appearance of the
Barnasha and the destruction of the Horn.

(c) After the destruction of the Horn, the people and
the nations that will have to serve the Saints of God are
the Chaldeans, Medo-Persians, Greeks, and the Romans
- the four nations represented by the four beasts that had
trod upon and invaded the Holy Land.

From the Adriatic to the Walls of China all, the various
nations have either as Muslims received the homage or
as unbelievers served the Muslims, who are the only true
believers in the One God.

(d) It is remarkable to realize the significant fact that
God often allows the enemies of His true religion to subdue
and persecute His people because of two purposes. First,
because he wants to punish His people for their lethargy,
drawbacks and sins. Secondly, because He wishes to
prove the faith, the patience and the indestructibility of
His Law and Religion, and thus to allow the infidels to
continue in their unbelief and crime until their cup is
full. God in due time Himself intervenes on behalf of the
believers when their very existence is on its beam-ends.
It was a terrible and most critical time for all Muslims
when the Allied Forces were in Constantinople during
those awful years of the Armistice. Great preparations
were made by the Greeks and their friends to take back