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THE THIRTIETH WORD: An explanation of the human ' I ' or

ego, and minute particles, in two 'Aims' ........................................557

First Aim: On the nature and results of the human ' I ' ........................557

Second Aim: On the transformations of minute particles, and their motion and duties, in an Introduction and three 'Points'. The First, indications to Divine unity in the motion of particles, and five instances of wisdom; the Second, the evidences of particles to the Divine existence and unity; the Third, a sixth instance of wisdom in the motion of particles ........................570

THE THIRTY-FIRST WORD: About the Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in four 'Principles'. The First, why was the Ascension necessary? The Second, what was the reality of the Ascension? The Third, what was the wisdom and purpose of the Ascension? The Fourth, what are

the fruits and benefits of the Ascension? ........................................583

Addendum: About the Miracle of the Splitting of the Moon,

in five 'Points' and a Conclusion ....................................................613

THE THIRTY-SECOND WORD: Three Stopping-Places ...................619

First Stopping-Place: A proof of Divine unity in the form of imaginary debates between the representative of misguidance and successive beings from a minute particle, then a red corpuscle, then a cell in the body, and so on. Each rejects his claims over them through the tongue of the true wisdom and

order it displays ..............................................................................................................619

A Short Addendum: A description of the verse, Do they not look at the sky above them? .......................................................................................................................................629

Second Stopping-Place: Three 'Important Questions', comprising three 'Aims', concerning Divine oneness and unity. The Second includes two comparisons, and a question and answer about the certainty afforded by analogies in the form of comparisons. The Third Question, concerning the Divine perfections, in two parts, answered in five 'Indications' and five 'Signs' ........................................................................................................................................633

Third Stopping Place: Two 'Topics' and an 'Important Question'. The First Topic, the reality of the universe and all beings is based on the Divine Names. How the Names are manifested and how to 'read' them. The Second, a comparison between the way of wretchedness laid out by the representative of the people of misguidance and the path of happiness defined by the All-Wise Qur'an. The question, how we should love all the things it is natural to love, is answered in four 'Points', an Introduction and nine 'Indications' .........................................655

A Supplication ..............................................................................................................682

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