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Observe, then, the delineations closely. Just as ye arrange the numbers in Gematria, likewise witness the organization of this Alif. Were ye to immerse it 29 beneath the oceans of the denary, the Alif would appear through its shape by the increase of the Point and reveal the Yá ي from it, for its number is ten just as ye 30 reckon the count. In like manner, were ye to raise it unto the heaven of the hundreds, the Alif revealeth through its essential characteristic the augmentation of the two Points, at which time ye have the Letter Qáf ق , therefore observe closely. By the same token, it shall continue to rise until it reacheth unto other numbers, when in the fourth sequence the Letter Alif revealeth through the increase of the Points the number one-thousand. Thus ye have the Letter Ghain غ , so be mindful. Attest then how the tokens of divine Unity flow within the Omnipotent Domain of the Letters, evincing Signs in the horizons of unlimited possibilities and the souls of the wise, that there is none other God save Him and all returneth unto Him. As this Alif demonstrated Itself in the first and last of the Letters, it indicated that in Its inmost being, by means of the tongue of Its inmost heart, that He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and through this manner They are all united with Their Creator and prostrate Themselves in His Presence. In such a station every Letter applieth to this Alif, and likewise the Alif appeareth upon every Letter through Itself, could ye but rejoice in the Riḍván of divine Unity. So whereas the Alif applieth to the Letter Bá, the opposite is likewise true, therefore be attentive.