The Fifth Point

THE FIFTH POINT

The Divine Name of Ever-Living

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

Look, then, to the signs of God’s mercy – how He restores life to the earth after its death – verily He it is Who quickens the dead, for He is powerful over all things.(30:50)

There appeared to my mind in the distance in the month of Shawwal in Eskişehir Prison a fine point concerning this mighty verse, and another about the following mighty verse,

God! There is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep,(2:255)

together with a manifestation of the name of Ever-Living, which is the greatest name or one of the two lights of the greatest name or one light of its six lights. I did not record them, for at the time I was unable to swiftly capture that sacred bird. Now after it has drawn away, I shall at least indicate briefly by means of a number of signs a few rays of that supreme truth and sublime light.

First Sign

FIRST SIGN

The index-like answer to the questions “What is life?”and “What is its true nature and purpose?”, which are a greatest manifestation of the names of Ever-Living and Giver of Life, is this:

Life is:

The most important aim of the universe;

Its greatest result;

Its most brilliant light;

Its subtlest leaven;

Its distilled essence;

Its most perfect fruit;

Its most elevated perfection;

Its finest beauty;

Its most beautiful adornment;

The secret of its undividedness;

The bond of its unity;

The source of its perfections;