When the Unseen, the Eternal, the Divine Essence, caused the
Day Star of Muhammad to rise above the horizon of knowledge, among the cavils
which the Jewish divines raised against Him was that after Moses no Prophet
should be sent of God. Yea, mention hath been made in the Scriptures of a Soul
Who must needs be made manifest and Who will advance the Faith, and promote the
interests of the people of Moses, so that the Law of the Mosaic Dispensation
may encompass the whole earth. Thus hath the King of eternal glory referred in
His Book to the words uttered by those wanderers in the vale of remoteness and
error: “‘The hand of God,’ say the Jews, ‘is chained up.’ Chained up be their
own hands; And for that which they have said, they were accursed. Nay,
outstretched are both His hands!” “The hand of God is above their hands.”
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
