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is most definitely and brilliantly pure truth and reality.

Ninth Step

And through the mystery of a Qur’an of Dignity inscribed with particles of ether on an atom or minutest particle not being of less eloquence or wondrous art than a Qur’an of Grandeur written with the ink of the stars and suns on the page of the heavens; similarly, through their relation to the power of the universe’s Creator, the blooming rose not being of less eloquence and art than the star Venus; nor the ant being inferior to the elephant, nor the microbe inferior to the rhinoceros, nor the bee inferior to the date-palm. Moreover, the extreme ease and speed in the creation of things causes the people of misguidance to confuse formation with self-formation, which necessitates innumerable impossibilities and is a delusion; while it proves to the people of guidance that in relation to the power of the universe’s Creator particles and the stars are equal, May His glory be exalted, for there is no god but He; God is Most Great!

[I wanted to explain the meaning of this last step at length, but regretably I have been prevented by my extreme distress, arising from arbitrary oppression and harassment, and my weakness and serious ssicknesses, resulting from poisoning. I have therefore have been compelled to suffice with a brief indication.]

That is, if a Qur’an of Mighty Stature was written on a particle which is supposed to be indivisible and called in the science of theology (kalam) and in philosophy “jawhar-i fard,” in particles of ether, which is matter even finer, and if another mighty Qur’an was written in stars and suns on the pages of the heavens, then the two were compared, the microscopic Qur’an written in particles would