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      AH 27ACT2 . “This night,” He declared, “this very hour will, in the days to come, be celebrated as one of the greatest and most significant of all festivals. Render thanks to God for having graciously assisted you to attain your heart’s desire, and for having quaffed from the sealed wine of His utterance. ‘Well is it with them that attain thereunto.” 28ACT2

      The night passes – Revelation continues

      At the third hour after sunset, my Host ordered the dinner to be served. That same Ethiopian servant appeared again and spread before us the choicest food. That holy repast refreshed alike my body and soul. In the presence of my Host, at that hour, I felt as though I were feeding upon the fruits of Paradise. I could not but marvel at the manners and the devoted attentions of that Ethiopian servant whose very life seemed to have been transformed by the regenerating influence of his Master. I then, for the first time, recognized the significance of this well-known 

      The Báb’s brazier and samovar. Archival photo.29ACT2

      traditional utterance ascribed to Muhammad: “I have prepared for the godly and righteous among My servants what eye hath seen not, ear heard not,

      24 Jamádíyu’l-Avval is a month in the Islamic calendar. AH refers to the Islamic calendar year After Hijrá. The equivalent day In the Gregorian calendar for this date (eve of the fifth day of Jamádíyu’l-Avval 1260 AH) is the eve of 22 May 1844 CE (where CE means Common Era).

      25 Dawn-Breakers Chapter 3, p61-62

      26 Dawn-Breakers Chapter 3, p55

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