is meant another state and matter. For instance, consider the dominion of the blood of His Holiness (Hosein) which was sprinkled upon the earth; how by the blessedness and power of that blood,[1] the dust exercised victory and influence over the bodies and souls of men; so that whosoever for the sake of recovery tasted a particle thereof, was healed, and whosoever for the preservation of property, treasured some of that sacred dust in his house with perfect faith and confirmed knowledge, protected all his possessions. This is the measure of its outward effects. Should We mention the inner virtues, people would undoubtedly say that We have considered "The dust as the Lord of Lords," and have utterly forsaken the religion of God.
Likewise consider that although His Holiness suffered martyrdom with the utmost abjection, and there was no one apparently to aid Him, to give Him ablution or enshroud Him, yet at the present time how many people from different parts and regions leave their countries to present themselves in that land and lay their heads upon that threshold. This is the Divine Power and Dominion; the Supreme Majesty and Grandeur.
Thou shouldst not imagine that inasmuch as these things have happened after His martyrdom, they impart no result to His Holiness; for His Holiness is forever alive with the Divine Life and abides upon the
- ↑ Mohammedan belief in the efficacy of the dust of the Imams Tombs.
