and others, well nigh four hundred in number, whose names are all inscribed upon the “Guarded Tablet” of God.
249All these were guided by the light of that Sun of divine
Revelation, confessed and acknowledged His truth. Such was their faith, that most of them renounced their substance and kindred, and cleaved to the good-pleasure of the All-Glorious. They laid down their lives for their Well-Beloved, and surrendered their all in His path. Their breasts were made targets for the darts of the enemy, and their heads adorned the spears of the infidel. No land remained