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16 Afterward the companions and disciples of His Holiness (Jesus) asked Him concerning the sign of the Return and the Manifestation, and at what time this sign shall appear. The same question was asked that peerless Countenance upon several occasions, and His Holiness in each instance mentioned a certain sign, as recorded in the four Gospels.

This Oppressed One now speaks of one of these instances, thus conferring the hidden benefits of the Tree of Reward (lit. stored up tree) for the sake of God, upon His servants; so that the mortal temples may not be deprived of the immortal fruits and may perchance attain to a sprinkling of the never-failing rivers of the Lord of Glory, which are flowing in Baghdad, "the abode of peace." We ask neither recompense nor reward. "We feed you for the sake of God only, We desire no recompense from you nor any thanks" (K. S. 76). This is a food whereby brilliant souls and minds find eternal life and this is that table of which it is spoken: "O our Lord, cause todescend upon us food from Heaven" (K. S. 5)! This food is never withheld from those who deserve it and is never exhausted. It grows continually from the Tree of Grace and descends from the Heavens of Justice and Mercy. As it is said: "Dost thou not see how God putteth forth a parable: a good word is as a good tree whose root is firmly fixed in the earth and whose branches reach unto Heaven; which bringeth forth its fruit in all seasons" (K. S. 14).