shells the pearls of His Unity are treasured. For
lack of space We do not dwell upon them at this
moment. Outwardly they signify Muhammad
Himself, Whom God addresseth saying: "O
&Muhammad, there is no doubt nor uncertainty
about this Book which hath been sent down from
the heaven of divine Unity. In it is guidance unto
them that fear God." Consider, how He hath appointed
and decreed this self-same Book, the
Qur'án, as a guidance unto all that are in heaven
and on earth. He, the divine Being, and unknowable
Essence, hath, Himself, testified that this
Book is, beyond all doubt and uncertainty, the
guide of all mankind until the Day of Resurrection.
And now, We ask, is it fair for this people
to view with doubt and misgiving this most weighty
Testimony, the divine origin of which God hath
proclaimed, and pronounced it to be the embodiment
of truth? Is it fair for them to turn away
from the thing which He hath appointed as the
supreme Instrument of guidance for attainment
unto the loftiest summits of knowledge, and to
seek aught else but that Book? How can they allow
men's absurd and foolish sayings to sow the
seeds of distrust in their minds? How can they
any longer idly contend that a certain person hath
