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|Third Point is about the Disjointed Letters, found at the beginning of some Suras.|[449](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4492)|

|Fourth Point points out a flash of the Qur’an’s miraculousness in its style, showing that its translation is not possible.|[449](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4492)|

|Fifth Point demonstrates that it is impossible to translate the phrase, “All praise be to God,” since its meaning can be expressed only in a few lines.|[451](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4512)|

|Sixth Point: An illuminating explanation of the use of the first person plural in “You alone do we worship and from You alone do we seek help”.|[452](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4522)|

|Seventh Point: Expounding, “Guide us to the Straight Path,” it points out the harm caused by innovations|[455](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4552)|

|Eighth Point explains a point about the marks of Islam being general rights|[455](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4552)|

|Ninth Point explains the reason the matters of the Shari‘a related to worship are of two kinds|[456](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4562)|

|Second Section: On the Month of Ramadan. Nine points explaining nine instances of wisdom in the fast of Ramadan, expounding the verse, “It was the month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was revealed”|[457](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4572)|

|Third Section concerns the writing of a Qur’an showing the ‘coinciding’ of the word Allah. It consists of nine matters, only the first of which was included here|[465](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4652)|

|Fourth Section is also about ‘coincidences;’ it consists of three points, the four points of the third being included here|[466](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4662)|

|Fifth Section: One beautiful light of the many mysteries of the verse, “God is the Light of the heavens and earth.” This treatise is short, yet important.|[470](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4702)|

|Sixth Section: Written to warn students and servants of the Qur’an against six of the stratagems of satanic individuals and dissemblers:|[474](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4742)|

|First Stratagem exposes their attempts to attract people through desire for rank and position.|[474](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4742)|

|Second Stratagem points out how they take advantage of the vein of fear.|[477](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4772)|

|Third Stratagem: They hunt people through greed and ambition, to make them give up service to the Qur’an.|[480](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4802)|

|Fourth Stratagem: They excite nationalist feelings in order to create discord and make Bediuzzaman’s students lose their love of him.|[482](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#4822)|

4–6 October 2026 · Istanbul

13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

Visit the symposium website for the programme, papers and registration.