171. the "mystery of the Great Reversal in the Sign of the Sovereign" #157

S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i (1753-1831), who was the founder of the

S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}i 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 S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i see The

Dawn-Breakers, chapters 1 and 10.

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