Although many traditions were revealed from that source of Prophethood and mine of Guidance, yet He mentioned only the Book, appointing it the greatest means and weightiest proof for the seekers; a guide for the servants until the day of resurrection.
Consider with the eye of justice, with a pure heart and chaste soul, what God hath established as a proof for His servants' knowledge, in His Book, which is accepted by both high and low, so that this servant, you, and all in the earth, relying upon its light, may distinguish and separate truth from falsehood, guidance from error. For the proof hath been restricted to two things, the Book and the Family. As to the Family, it hath passed away; so the proof is confined to the Book.
In the beginning of the Book it is said, "A. L. M. There is no uncertainty in this Book: It is a direction to the pious" (K. S. 2). In the intersected[1] letters of the Koran, mysteries of Divinity are concealed, and in their shells pearls of Unity are treasured which We do not mention for lack of space. Outwardly they signify His Holiness Himself, to whom is addressed: "O Mohammed, this Book revealed from the Heaven of Unity; there is no doubt or uncertainty in it; it contains guidance for the pious! " Consider that He hath appointed and ordained the Koran for the guidance of all in the heavens and earth. That Essence
- ↑ A. L. M. and other intersected letters which are at the head of 29 Suras of the Koran.
