like Beyazid Mosque. Suddenly I felt as though I was receiving their prayers and affirmation. Then within that. I saw myself in the mosque of the face of the earth, in the circular rows around the Ka'ba. I declared: "All praise be to God. the Sustainer of All the Worlds!" I have intercessors to this great number; they say exactly the same words as I say in the prayers, confirming me. Since this veil was raised by the imagination, the Noble Ka'ba became like the mihrab. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I called on the ranks of the congregation to testify and entrusted the interpreter of belief, "I testify that there is no god but God, and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God" to the Black Stone. While saying this, a further situation was laid open before me: I saw that the congregation of which 1 was a part was separated into three circles:
The First Circle was the vast congregation of believers and those who affirm Divine Unity on the face of the earth.
The Second Circle: I looked and saw that I was part of a congregation consisting of all beings, all of which, performing prayers and glorification, were occupied with the benedictions and glorification particular to its group and species. Their worship consists of the activities we observe, called "the duties of things." Declaring: "God is Most Great!" before this, I bowed my head in wonderment, and looked at myself:
Within a Third Circle I saw an astonishing microcosm which was apparently and in quality small, but in reality, number, and duties, great. This, from the particles of my being to my external senses was a congregation in which every group was occupied with duties of worship and thanks. In this circle, the dominical inner faculty in my heart was saying: "You alone do we worship and from You alone do we seek help" in the name of the congregation. Just as in the two former congregations my tongue had said it. having formed the intention to say it in their names.
In Short: The 'Nūn' of 'na'budu' indicates these three congregations. While pondering over this, the collective personality of God's Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace), the Interpreter and Herald of the All-Wise Qur'an, was suddenly embodied in all its majesty in his immaterial pulpit in Madina. Like everyone, I as though heard his address of "O you people! Worship your Sustainer, "(2:21) and everyone in those three congregations responded like me. saying, "You alone do we worship." In accordance with the rule. "When something is established, it is so through the things that necessitate it," the following truth was imparted to my mind:
Taking mankind as His addressee, the Sustainer of All the Worlds speaks with all beings, and His Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) conveys that lofty address to mankind, indeed, to all beings with spirits and consciousness. All the past