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49 he brought into being would not have come at all. . This revelation also came to the Promised. Mesiah, and it came to the Holy Prophet as well. . . Now if we were to take Aflaak to mean the material world as embodied in the solar system, it would be extremely strange that first God says about one. Prophet that if he had not been, the universe would not have been created, and then He says exactly the same thing about another Prophet. This proves beyond a shadow of doubt that the expression Aflaak here does not mean the material universe but refers to the spiritual heaveh and earth created through that Prophet; and it is my belief that all such. Prophets as were instrumental in bringing about revolutions of this kind must have received this revelation. Since, however, the Holy Prophet, was raised for all mankind, and for all times, this revelation, when addressed to him, would be taken to be applicable for all times. . Meaning of "Aflaak" in the Old Testament. This view is supported by what we read in St. . Matthew (5: 18): "For verily I say unto you, Till the heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled". . The heaven and earth here spoken of is the Mosaic dispensation, the meaning being that as long as the period of this dispensation lasted the Teaching of