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This prophesies the duration of the Dispensation of Islam when Jerusalem was trodden under foot, which means that it lost its glory-- but the Holy of Holies was preserved, guarded and respected-- until the year 1260. This twelve hundred and sixty years is a prophecy of the manifestation of the Bab, the "Gate" of Baha'u'llah, which took place in the year 1260 of the Hejira of Muhammad, and as the period of twelve hundred and sixty years has expired, Jerusalem, the Holy City, is now beginning to become prosperous, populous and flourishing. Anyone who saw Jerusalem sixty years ago, and who sees it now, will recognize how populous and flourishing it has become, and how it is again honored
(46:3)
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