and by a famous oath of the Prophet (PBUH), this treatise consists of a subtle point I perceived  about three beautifully sweet and subtle fruits of the affirmation of Divine unity, and three matters necessitating it, and three proofs of it.

The oath God’s Most Noble Messenger most frequently used was the oath: “By Him in  whose hand is Muhammad’s being,”2  which shows that even the furthermost tips of the tree of the universe, and its broadest extent, and its minor particulars, exist through the power and  will of the Single One of Unity. For if the most choice and exceptional of creatures, Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him), does not own himself, and if he is not free to  act  as he wishes and is tied in his actions to another will,  certainly,  nothing,  no  function,  state  or  circumstance,  whether  particular  or universal, can be outside the power of that all-encompassing will.

Yes, what this meaningful oath of Muhammad (PBUH) indicates is the mighty, all-encompassing unity of dominicality.  Since a hundred, perhaps a thousand, clear proofs of this Divine unity have been set forth and explained in the Risale-i Nur, which isthe Siracü’n-Nur(The Illuminating Lamp),3  we refer to that the details and proofs of this elevated truth. In this Second Ray, in the first of three brief ‘Stations’ contained

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2  Musnad, iv, 16.

3  A collection from the Risale-i Nur consisting of A Supplication (Third Ray), Treatise For The Sick, Treatise For The Elderly, ‘For us God suffices’ (Fourth Ray), the Thirteenth Flash, Thirty- Three Windows, A Supplication in Arabic, and the Denizli Defence Speeches. [Tr.]