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11 April 1908 291 would ultimately come to believe. Accordingly, the word ُ اٰمَنۡت [‘I believe’] issued forth from his own mouth. He goes to the extent to write that even his salvation is substantiated by the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran does not state that Pharaoh would enter Hell. It is only written that: 1 ُمُدْقَي ٗهَمْوَق َمْوَي ِةَمٰيِقْلا ُمُهَدَرْوَاَف َراَّنلا ُمُدْقَي ٗهَمْوَق َمْوَي ِةَمٰيِقْلا ُمُهَدَرْوَاَف َراَّنلا. Lightning in the Sky The Promised Messiah as said: Lightning is the most consummate and complete display of the awe-inspiring and wrathful manifestations of God Almighty. It has both elements—wrath and mercy of God Almighty—run- ning side by side like the sweet and bitter waters in an ocean. 2 On the one hand, thunder is the expression of the wrath of God, while on the other, light and rain—which are manifesta- tions of the mercy of God—are present as well. The Promised Messiah as said: There is also a revelation: ُ إِنِّی ۡۤ أَنَا الصَّاعِقَة ُ إِنِّی ۡۤ أَنَا الصَّاعِقَة [‘Indeed I am the Lightning. ’] 1. He will walk in front of his people on the Day of Resurrection and will lead them on to the pit of Fire even as cattle are brought to a watering-place ( S u rah H u d, 11:99). [Publisher] 2. From Badr: There are two attributes of God Almighty—awe-inspiring majes- ty and beauty. Both are at work side by side ( Badr, vol. 7, no. 16, p. 4, dated 23 April 1908).