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|Introduction: Definition of the Qur’an, in three parts|[386](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#3862)|

|First Light consists of three rays|[388](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#3882)|

|First Ray: The eloquence of the Qur’an, which is at the degree of miraculousness, in two aspects and five points|[388](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#3882)|

|Second Ray: The Qur’an’s extraordinary comprehensiveness, in five flashes, including five glows|[412](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4122)|

|Third Ray: The Qur’an’s miraculousness pertaining to its giving news of the Unseen, its preserving its youth throughout the ages, and its addressing all classes of mankind appropriately, in three radiances, including three glistens, three degrees, and four principles|[427](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4272)|

|Second Light consists of three beams|[437](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4372)|

|First Beam: The fluency, proportionateness, and harmony of the Qur’an as a whole|[437](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4372)|

|Second Beam: Ten Points of Eloquence|[438](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4382)|

|Third Beam: The Qur’an cannot be compared with other speech and writings|[454](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4542)|

|Third Light consists of three gleams|[458](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4582)|

|First Gleam: Through scattering the light of guidance and miraculousness, each of the Qur’an’s verses disperses the darkness of unbelief and heedlessness|[458](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4582)|

|Second Gleam: A comparison between how Qur’anic wisdom and human philosophy see the world|[460](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4602)|

|Third Gleam: The degrees of wisdom before the wisdom of the Qur’an, of the purified scholars and saints and the Illuminist philosophers|[463](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4632)|

|Conclusion|[467](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4672)|

|First Addendum: From The Supreme Sign, The Observations of a Traveller Questioning the Universe about his Creator, in six points|[469](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4692)|

|A Flower of Emirdağ: A reply to objections about repetition in the Qur’an|[476](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4762)|

|Conclusion, in the form of two additions|[486](/the-words/the-twenty-fifth-word/8080/28/385/488#4862)|

4–6 October 2026 · Istanbul

13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

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