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 functions 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  qualitatively  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 preoccupied with duties of worship and thanks. In this circle, the dominical inner faculty in my heart was declaring: “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 “Nun” 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 Medina. 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, “If something is established, it is established together with 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 and  the  future  have  become  like  the  present;  the  address  is  being  delivered  to mankind, all of which is in a single gathering, in the form of a congregation the rows of which all differ.