THE FOURTH POINT

The Divine Name Single

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say: He is God, the One and Only.(112:1)

[One fine point of this verse and a manifestation of the divine name  of  Single,  which  is  a  greatest  name  comprising  the names of One and Unique, or one of the six lights comprising the greatest  name, appeared to me in Eskişehir Prison in the month  of  Shawwal.  Referring  the  details  of  that  greatest manifestation  to   the  Risale-i  Nur,  we  shall  here  explain extremely   briefly   in    seven   short                                                                                  Indications   the         true affirmation   of   divine   unity   which   the   name   of   Single demonstrates through its maximum manifestation.]

FIRST INDICATION

The Twenty-Second  Word  and Thirty-Third  Letter have shown in detail that through a greatest manifestation, the greatest name Single has placed a seal, a stamp, of divine unity on the universe as a whole and on each realm of beings in it, and on each individual being. Here, we shall point out only three stamps.

F i r s t  S t a m p : The manifestation of divine singleness has placed a seal of unity on the face of the universe whereby it has made it an indivisible whole. One who does not  have  power of disposal over the whole universe cannot be the true owner of any part of it. The seal is this:

Like the finest machinery in a factory, the beings and realms of beings in the universe assist one another and work to complete each other’s functions. With their solidarity  and co-operation, their answering each other’s requests and hastening to assist to each other, their embracing each other and being one within the other, they form a unity of existence according to which, like the members of the human body, they cannot be separated from each other. A person who controls one of its members yet does not have control over all of them, will not have true mastery over the single member.

Thus, this co-operation, solidarity, mutual response, and embracing one another forms a most brilliant supreme seal of divine unity.

S e c o n d  S t a m p : Through the manifestation of the name Single, so brilliant a seal of divine oneness and stamp of unity has been placed on the face of the earth and face of the spring that it proves that one who  does not administer  all the living creatures on the face of the globe together with all their members and attributes and states, and who does not know and see them all together, and cannot create them, cannot interfere in anything in respect of creation. The stamp is this: