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Eleventh gleam as radiant as the sun:·As shown in The Nineteenth Word,
our master Muhammad the Trustworthy is the supreme “verse” of the great Book of
the Universe, the “Greatest Name” of God manifested in that “Qur’an” of the
cosmos, the seed and most illustrious fruit of the Tree of Creation, the sun of
the palace of the world, the luminous full moon of the world of Islam, and the
herald of Divine Lordship’s sovereignty. He is the wise discoverer of creation’s
secret, the one who flies through the levels of truth on the wings of
Messengership, which embraces all previous Prophets, and of Islam, which takes
under its protection the world of Islam. With the support of all Prophets and
Messengers, saints and truthful, truth‑seeking scholars and purified ones, he
attested to Divine Unity with all his strength and opened the way to the Divine
Throne. What fancy or doubt can divert belief in God, which he demonstrated, and
close this way to Divine Unity, which he proved?
Since I described, to some extent, that clear proof and miracle‑working being
through 14 droplets from the water of life of his knowledge in The Nineteenth
Word, and through 19 signs in The Nineteenth Letter (on his miracles), I
conclude with calling God’s blessing on him as testimony to his truthfulness.
O God, bestow blessings on the one who leads to the necessity of Your
Existence and Your Unity, and testifies to Your Majesty and Grace and
Perfection; the truthful and confirmed witness, and the verified, articulate
proof; the lord of Prophets and Messengers, the bearer of the meaning of their
consensus, affirmation, and miracles; the leader of saints and fruitful ones,
who has the meaning of their agreement, verifications, and wonder‑working; and
the one with evident miracles, clear wonders, and decisive proofs that
corroborate and affirm him.
[O God, bestow blessings on] the one with exalted virtues in his person,
elevated morals in his duty, and lofty qualities in his Shari‘a, perfect and
free of all contradiction; the center where Divine Revelation descended, as
agreed upon by the One Who revealed, what was revealed, and the one who brought
the Revelation to him; the traveler through the worlds of the Unseen and the
inner dimensions of things; the observer of spirits, who conversed with angels;
and the sample of all the perfections in creation, in regard to individuals,
species, and genera (the Tree of Creation’s most illustrious fruit).
[O God, bestow blessings on] the lamp of truth, the proof of reality, the
embodiment of mercy, the model of love, the discoverer of the secret of
creation, the herald of the sovereignty of Divine Lordship, the one who
demonstrated through the sublimity of his spiritual personality that he was
before the “eyes” of the Author of the World at the creation of the universe,
and the one who brought a Shari‘a that shows through the comprehensiveness and
soundness of its principles that it is the order of the Composer of the world
and established by the Creator of the universe.
The One Who composed the universe with this perfect order composed this
religion [Islam] with its finest and most beautiful order. He is our master,
master of the communities of the children of Adam; our guide to belief, the
communities of believers, Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al‑Muttalib, upon him
be the best of blessings and the most perfect peace as long as Earth and the
heavens subsist. As the leader of all other witnesses and instructor of all
human generations, this truthful and confirmed witness witnessed and announced
with all his strength, utmost solemnity, utter steadfastness, strength of
certainty, and perfection of belief: “I bear witness that there is no god but
God, the One. He has no partner.”
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