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38. So by God! Should ye meditate upon the Lám which hath been sent down
between the two Sacred Objects, ye would indeed attain unto whatsoever ye search
after, for the Lám is in the shape of all three Letters just as the people of arithmetic
calculate in its evaluation. For the three Letters are introduced within itself, first the
Lám, then the Alif and the Mím. Therefore, all of that which ye may inquire about 26
in His Book is gathered together thereby, for the Mím is indeed revealed to be
isolated which revealeth its self-sufficiency, should ye soar within the atmosphere of
distinction and the immensity of the divine Unity. Through such means those who
seek affirmation draw conclusions on the basis of “There is indeed none other God
besides Him.” He truly is One in His inmost Being, One in His Attributes, One in His
Name, and One in His Handiwork. How could there be another besides Him? Say:
Glory unto God, there is none other God but He, and all belongeth unto Him and are
bewildered with respect to His Craftiness. By virtue of which the veils of plurality
are burnt away, the symbolic expressions of distinction disappear, and the
characteristics of the believers in the divine Unity are venerated. Therefore, reflect
upon the Alif which God hath placed midway between the Lám and the Mím. Though
this is not something that may become known through reasoning or discovered
through learning, even were ye to meditate upon whatsoever existeth within the
heavens for all eternity. When the doors of mystic meaning were closed upon this
Sublime Letter, the doors of divine Expositions were made to open upon whatsoever
ye seek to accomplish, could ye but hearken.