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|Fourth Point: Each of the divine names possesses a sacred beauty a single manifestation of which makes beautiful the vast world 85|[85](/the-rays/the-fourth-ray/9399/31/70/96#852)|

|Fifth Point: The universe was made an exhibition of wonders in order to display the beauties of its Maker|[88](/the-rays/the-fourth-ray/9399/31/70/96#882)|

|Third Proof consists of three points|[88](/the-rays/the-fourth-ray/9399/31/70/96#882)|

|First Point: Creatures are intentionally adorned and made beautiful in order to make known their Maker and to make Him loved|[88](/the-rays/the-fourth-ray/9399/31/70/96#882)|

|Second Point: Mankind's genuine love of God points to a peerless beauty|[89](/the-rays/the-fourth-ray/9399/31/70/96#892)|

|Third Point: Existence is pure good, and non-existence, pure evil|[89](/the-rays/the-fourth-ray/9399/31/70/96#892)|

|The Fifth Chapter (of the Twenty-Ninth Flash): Five points on the degrees of "For us God suffices, and He is the Best Disposer of Affairs!" The original is in Arabic|[91](/the-rays/the-fourth-ray/9399/31/70/96#912)|

|THE FIFTH RAY: (On the Signs of the End of Time)|[97](/the-rays/the-fifth-ray/9431/31/97/117#972)|

|Introduction, consisting of five points|[98](/the-rays/the-fifth-ray/9431/31/97/117#982)|

|Second Station, consisting of twenty matters|[103](/the-rays/the-fifth-ray/9431/31/97/117#1032)|

|Three Brief Matters complementing the above|[114](/the-rays/the-fifth-ray/9431/31/97/117#1142)|

|THE SIXTH RAY: The answers to two questions about the formulas recited during the tashahhud section of the prescribed prayers (ṣalāt)|[118](/the-rays/the-sixth-ray/9467/31/118/122#1182)|

|First Question: What is the reason for the blessed phrases of the tashahhud being recited during the prayers?|[118](/the-rays/the-sixth-ray/9467/31/118/122#1182)|

|Second Question: About the comparison at the end of the tashahhud about Muhammad (UWBP) and Abraham (UWP). The answer contains three aspects|[120](/the-rays/the-sixth-ray/9467/31/118/122#1202)|

|THE SEVENTH RAY: The Supreme Sign|[123](/the-rays/the-seventh-ray/9473/31/123/200#1232)|

|An Important Warning and Statement of Purpose|[123](/the-rays/the-seventh-ray/9473/31/123/200#1232)|

|Introduction: Two abysses that shake certainty of faith this age, and the means of salvation from them|[125](/the-rays/the-seventh-ray/9473/31/123/200#1252)|

|The First Chapter: Concerning proofs of the divine existence|[130](/the-rays/the-seventh-ray/9473/31/123/200#1302)|

|The testimony of the heavens and all they contain|[131](/the-rays/the-seventh-ray/9473/31/123/200#1312)|

|The testimony of the atmosphere|[131](/the-rays/the-seventh-ray/9473/31/123/200#1312)|

|The testimony of the earth and its pages|[135](/the-rays/the-seventh-ray/9473/31/123/200#1352)|

|The testimony of the seas and rivers|[136](/the-rays/the-seventh-ray/9473/31/123/200#1362)|

|The testimony of the mountains and plains|[138](/the-rays/the-seventh-ray/9473/31/123/200#1382)|

4–6 October 2026 · Istanbul

13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

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