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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.