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171 The Mystery Of The Great Reversal In The Sign Of The Sovereign #157

Categories: NOTES
Sources: The Kitab-i-aqdas

Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i (1753-1831), who was the founder of the

Shaykhi School and the first of the twin luminaries that heralded the

advent of the Faith of the Bab, prophesied that at the appearance of the

Promised One all things would be reversed, the last would be first, the

first last. Baha'u'llah in one of His Tablets refers to the symbol and

allusion of the mystery of the Great Reversal in the Sign of the

Sovereign. He states: Through this reversal He hath caused the exalted

to be abased and the abased to be exalted, and He recalls that in the

days of Jesus, it was those who were distinguished for their learning, the

men of letters and religion, who denied Him, whilst humble fishermen made

haste to gain admittance into the Kingdom (see also note 172). For

additional information about Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i see The

Dawn-Breakers, chapters 1 and 10.



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