The Tenth Proof

The Tenth Proof

The First Station of the

Twentieth Letter

In His Name, be He glorified!

And there is nothing but it glorifies Him with praise.

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

There is no god but God, He is One, He has no partner; His is the dominion, and His is the praise; He alone grants life, and deals death, and He is living and dies not; all good is in His hand, He is powerful over all things, and with Him all things have their end. [^69]

[^69]:Bukhārī, Adhān, 155; Tahajjud 21; Muslim, Dhikr, 28, 30, 74, 75, 76; Tirmidhī, Mawāqit, 108; Ḥajj, 104; Nasā'ī, Sahw, 83-6; Ibn Māja, Du'a, 10, 14, 16; Abū Dā'ūd, Manāsik, 56; Dārimī, Ṣalāt, 88, 90; Muwaṭṭa', Ḥajj, 127, 243; Qur'ān, 20, 22; Musnad, i, 47; ii, 5; iii, 320; iv, 4; v, 191.

[This sentence expressing divine unity, which is recited following the morning and evening prayers, possesses numerous merits [^70] and according to an authentic narration bears the degree of the Greatest Name. [^71] It consist of eleven phrases each of which convys both some good tidings, and a degree in the unity of dominicality (tevhid-i rubûbiyet), and an aspect of the grandeur and perfection of divine unity from the point of view of a Greatest Name. Referring a full explanation of these vast, elevated truths to other parts of the Risale-i Nur, in fulfilment of a promise we shall for now write a brief, index-like summary of them in two "Stations" and an "Introduction."]

[^70]:See, Musnad, iv, 60; al-Haythamī, Majma' al-Zawā'id, x, 107.

[^71]:See, Ibn Māja, Du'ā, 9.

Introduction

Introduction

Be certain of this, that the highest aim of creation and its most important result is belief in God. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree is the knowledge of God contained within belief in God. The most radiant happiness and sweetest bounty for jinn and human beings is the love of God contained within the knowledge of God.