Letters ( revised ) | The Twenty-Ninth Letter | 454
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I then saw that each Qur’anic verse possesses an elevated power, eloquence, and beauty which it had received from the grandeur and compass of its station, its extremely numerous, various, and significant addressees, from the Pre-Eternal Speaker, the One of infinite glory and grandeur,  and from  its exalted  Interpreter,  who  is at the rank of God’s beloved; I saw each verse bathed in a brilliant, truly brilliant, light of miraculousness. Then, not the whole Qur’an, or a Sura, or a verse, but all its words seemed to be miracles. “All praise be to God for the light of belief and the Qur’an,” I declared. I emerged from my imagining, which was pure reality, the same as I had entered the “Nun” of “na‘budu,” and I understood that not only the Qur’an’s verses and words, but some of its letters, like the “Nun” of “na‘budu,” are luminous keys to important truths.

After my heart and imagination had emerged from the “Nun” of “na‘budu,” my mind came forward and said: I want my share too. I cannot fly like you; my feet are evidences and proofs. The way leading to the Creator, the Worshipped One and One from whom help is sought, has to be pointed out in the same “na‘budu” and “nasta’in” (“You  alone do we worship and from You alone do we seek help”), so that I can accompany you. It then occurred to my heart to say the following to my bewildered mind:

Consider all the beings in the universe; whether living or inanimate,  in perfect order  and  obedience  they all have  their  worship  which  is  in the  form  of  duties. Although some of them lack feelings and intelligence, they perform their duties in conscious, orderly, and worshipful fashion. This means there is a True Object of Worship, an Absolute Commander, who impels them to worship and employs them.

Now consider too the beings and particularly the living ones; while each has extremely  numerous  and  various  needs,  which  have  to  be  met  for  its  continued existence, its hands cannot reach the smallest of them; its power is insufficient. Yet they all receive their innumerable needs regularly, from unexpected places, at the appropriate time; this is clearly to be seen.

Thus,  these  boundless  needs  and  this  boundless  want  of  beings  and  that extraordinary assistance from the Unseen and merciful succour self-evidently demonstrate  that the beings  have a Protector  and Provider  who  possesses  absolute riches,  is  Absolutely  Generous  and  Absolutely  Powerful;  it  is  from  Him  that everything and all living beings seek help and await succour, in effect saying: “From You alone do we seek help.” So then my mind declared: “We believe in this and assent to it!”

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