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Thirty-third window: Consider the following verses:
All praise be to God, Who has sent down to His servant the Book and has
allowed therein no crookedness. (18:1)
Alif Lam Mim Ra. A Book which We have sent to you so that you may bring men
forth from darkness to light. (14:1)
Consider that all the previous Windows are a few drops from the ocean of the
Qur'an and try to understand how many lights of Divine Unity, like water of
life, there are in the Qur'an. Even if you have a simple, superficial look at
the Qur'an, which is the source and mine of all those previous Windows, still it
is a most shining, luminous, comprehensive Window. To understand how brilliant
and luminous that Window is, you may refer to the Treatise of the Qur'an's
Miraculousness, which is the Twenty‑fifth Word and the Eighteenth Sign of the
Nineteenth Letter. Supplicating the Throne of Mercy of the Majestic Being, Who
sent us the Qur'an, we say:
Our Lord! Do not call us to account if we have forgotten or made errors! Our
Lord! Do not cause our hearts to swerve after You have guided us! Our Lord!
Accept from us, surely You are the All‑Hearing, the All‑Knowing. Accept our
penitence, surely You are the Oft‑Relenting, the All‑Merciful.
A note
I hope this Thirty‑third Word with 33 windows may help an unbeliever to
accept belief, and that it may strengthen the belief of one whose belief is
weak, and lead one with strong belief based on imitation to have substantial
belief, and then to expand that substantial belief. I hope that it may lead one
with expanded belief to progress in knowledge of God, which is the source of all
kinds of true progress and evolution, and open up before him more luminous, more
brilliant scenes. For this reason, you should regard one window to be sufficient
for you, because even if your mind has received its share and obtained
conviction, your heart will also demand its share, as will your spirit. Even the
imaginative faculty will demand its share from that light. It is because of this
that each window has benefits of its own.
Peace be upon those who follow the true guidance. May those who follow their
whims and illusions receive what they deserve.
Glory be to You. We have no knowledge save what You have taught us. You are
All‑Knowing, All‑Wise.
O God, bestow blessings and peace upon him whom You sent as a mercy for the
worlds, and upon his Family and Companions. Amin.
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