Notice all the masculine pronouns. Is there any reason to believe these do
not decisively tell us that the gender of the next Manifestation will be
male?
Dear David,
Is there any reason to think they do? In Arabic the male pronouns are the 'default' just as they used to be in English. And let's keep in mind this passage from the Aqdas:
"Know thou moreover that in the Day of Revelation were He to pronounce one of the leaves to be the manifestation of all His excellent titles, unto no one is given the right to utter why or wherefore, and should one do so he would be regarded as a disbeliever in God and be numbered with such as have repudiated His Truth."
warmest, Susan
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