In Short: Most of the Qur’an’s verses are keys to a treasury of perfections and guides to a store of knowledge.

If you wish, you may reach up to the skies of the Qur’an and the stars of its verses by making the previous twenty Words a stairway of twenty steps. [^7] By means of them you will see what a brilliant sun is the Qur’an! See how it sprinkles a pure light over the divine truths and the truths of the contingent realm! See what a brilliant effulgence it spreads!

[^7]:Indeed, the thirty-three Words, thirty-three Letters, thirty-one Flashes, and thirteen Rays form a stairway of one hundred and twenty steps.

Conclusion: Since together with alluding to the wonders of present-day human progress, all the verses about the prophets are also in a style which as though infers and traces their limits in the future; and since it is certain that all the verses point to numerous meanings, indeed, it is unanimously agreed upon, and since there are categorical commands to follow and obey the prophets, then together with the explicit meanings of the above verses, it may be said that they indicate in allusive fashion the main human arts and sciences, and that they urge humankind towards them.

Two Important Questions

Two Important Answers

To Two Important Questions

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THE FIRST

If you ask: “The Qur’an was revealed for human beings, so why does it not describe the wonders of civilization explicitly, for they hold the greatest importance in their eyes? Why does it suffice with secret signs, concealed allusions, slight indications, and slender reminders?”

The Answer: Because the rights of the marvels of human civilization can only claim that much in the Qur’an’s discussions. For the Qur’an’s basic duty is to teach about the perfections and acts of the sphere of dominicality and the duties and circumstances of the sphere of worship. So in those two spheres the rights of human wonders diminish to being only a weak sign and slight indication. For if they were to demand their rights from the sphere of dominicality, they would receive very few.

For example, if man’s aeroplane [^8] were to say to the Qur’an: “Give me the right to speak and a place in your verses,” the planets, earth, and moon, which are the aircraft of the sphere of dominicality, would reply in the

[^8]:While writing this serious matter, involuntarily my pen adopted this subtle, though witty, style. So I left my pen free. I hope that the somewhat unserious style does not mar the seriousness of the subject.