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Those "kindreds, people and nations" signify those who are gathered under the shadow of the Qur'an, not permitting the Cause and Law of God to be, in outward appearance, entirely destroyed and annihilated-- for there are prayer and fasting among them-- but the fundamental principles of the Religion of God, which are morals and conduct, with the knowledge of divine mysteries, have disappeared; the light of the virtues of the world of humanity, which is the result of the love and knowledge of God, is extinguished; and the darkness of tyranny, oppression, satanic passions and desires has become victorious. The body of the Law of God, like a corpse, has been exposed to public view for twelve hundred and sixty days, each day being counted as a year, and this period is the cycle of Muhammad
(52:3)
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