For about a year this instance of wisdom was sufficient for me. Then the truly wonderful and subtle miracles of art to be found in creatures, in particular in animate beings, were disclosed. I understood that these subtleties of art which are so fine and wonderful are not only to set forth meanings for the gazes of intelligent beings. For although innumerable  such creatures may study each being, their studying is both limited, and not all of them will be able to penetrate all the subtleties of art in those animate beings. That is to say, the most important result of the creation of animate beings and the most significant purpose of their natures is to present to the Pre-Eternal Self-Subsistent One’s own gaze the marvels of His art  and the compassionate gifts and bounties He has bestowed.

As for this purpose, it satisfied me for a long time and from it I understood the following:  the  wisdom  and  purpose  of  creation,  which  is  to  present  the  endless subtleties  of art in beings, particularly in animate beings, to  the gaze of the Pre- Eternally  Self-Subsistent One, that is, for He Himself to behold His own art, was sufficient for that vast outlay.

Some time later I realized that the subtleties of art in the individual features and forms of  beings did not continue; they were being renewed and were undergoing change at great  speed; they were being transformed within an endless activity and creativity.  I started to  ponder over it, saying: “The wisdom in this creativity and activity  must  necessarily  be  as  extensive  as  the  activity  itself.”  Then,  the  two instances  of  wisdom  mentioned  above  began  to  seem  insufficient;  they  lacked something. With extreme curiosity I began to  search and seek for a further purpose and instance of wisdom.

All  praise  be  to  God,  through  the  effulgence  of  the  Qur’an  of  Miraculous Exposition, after some time a vast, limitless wisdom and purpose became apparent at the level  of the mystery of Self-Subsistence. And                                                    through it, the divine myster y called  the  talisman  of  the  universe  and  riddle  of  creation  was  understood.  It  is explained  in detail in the Twenty-Fourth Letter, so here in the Third Ray we shall briefly mention only two or three points.