The Fountain of God’s Unity — Page 23
THE LATTER DAYS This is an era in which divine countenance has turned red [with anger and there is a chance that] God may soon destroy the world. Yet, at the same time He has opened His treasures, so that anyone who asks is granted above and be- yond what he has asked for. Prophecies about the current era exist in all nations and faiths, that is, the God's appointed one and Satan will meet in their final battle. These prophecies de- scribing the signs [of the latter days] exist even among the Zoroastrians. It is stated that there will be a final battle between Ahriman Dev¹, that is Satan, and Yazdan² (referring to the Yazdani people) in which Satan will be com- In Zoroastrianism, Ahriman is referred to as an evil entity that leads humans into sin. [Publishers] 2 Yazdan is a word for God used in New Persian which has a principle meaning of 'Pure Divinity'. Here, it refers to as the final battle between Satan and the people who are referred to as the followers of Yazdan thus signifying the war between the truth and falsehood. [Publishers] -23-