Elucidation of Objectives — Page 5
Tau di h-e-Mar a m 5 failed to agree on the place in which he will actually touch down. Will it be Holy Mecca, a church in London or some royal Russian Cathedral? Were the Christians not waylaid by their holding fast to their hackneyed opinions, they could have realized, more readily than the Muslims, that the descent of the Messiah should take place in exact conformity with what has already been spelled out in such clear terms by Jesus Christ himself, for it is impossible for two similar scenarios to admit of contradictory interpretations. This is a point which deserves serious consideration by all serious- minded people. If Jesus Christ's interpretation regarding the descent of Elijah from the skies is true, the question arises that the case of the Messiah being parallel to that of Elijah, why not draw the same conclusion, particu- larly when a Prophet of God has already lifted the veil off the face of this close secret? And, what is more, this interpretation is also in exact consonance with the laws of nature. Why then digress from the right and straight is woven with a thread of silver or gold), zar i ( a silk fabric embroided with threads of gold ) , l a h i (a fabric made of coarse or raw (wild) silk); or some sort of ordinary cotton, like nain - sukh (a fine fabric of cotton, English name nainsook (OED)), tan - zaib (a fabric softer and finer than nainsook), i ng - chikan (embroided muslin dyed in vermilion), gulshan (a cotton fabric with floral embroidery), muslin, j a l i (another kind of cotton fabric embroided with flowers ) , kh a sah (a kind of fine cotton cloth of light weight), duria (a fine streaked fabric of cotton), or ch a rkh a na (a fabric with square holes in its texture like that of a lettice). The Muslims and Christians are equally silent as to who will have done the weaving and the tailoring in the heavens. [Author] The translations in brackets are by the translator. [Publisher]