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“O Muhammad, this is indeed the Book! Yea, it is the Book of thine own self.” This proceedeth from the imperceptible and 8 well-preserved Book which is inscrutable to all save God, and by virtue of it, He distinguisheth every other book, should ye be of those who are certain. This is from a Book which the knowledge of all that hath been, and all that shall be, hath been distinguished, and He guideth by it those who are rightly guided. All that hath been sent down aforetime in the Books and Scriptures is but a single letter of that Book which remaineth inscrutable to all save those who ascend unto the atmosphere of the divine Presence upon the Buráq of Glory. All of that which may be referred to is 9 in a station of description except for this Hidden Book which is in a station distinguished from all that may be mentioned and all of that which the commentators may describe. And all that is and all that shall be He bringeth forth by means of His saying, “Be, and it is.”