Contents

Contents

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|THE FIRST WORD: On “In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate,” showing what a strength and source of bounty it is and how it is constantly recited by all things through the tongues of their beings|[15](/the-words/the-first-word/7842/28/15/26#152)|

|The Second Station of the Fourteenth Flash: About six of the thousands of mysteries of “In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate”|[18](/the-words/the-first-word/7842/28/15/26#182)|

|THE SECOND WORD: A comparison showing the believers’ and unbelievers’ views of the world, and how happiness and ease of mind lie in belief in God and in Islam|[27](/the-words/the-second-word/7852/28/27/28#272)|

|THE THIRD WORD: A comparison illustrating how worship yields high profits and vice and dissipation result in serious loss|[29](/the-words/the-third-word/7853/28/29/31#292)|

|THE FOURTH WORD: A comparison illustrating the value and importance of the five daily prayers, and the ease they afford the human spirit, heart, and mind|[32](/the-words/the-fourth-word/7854/28/32/33#322)|

|THE FIFTH WORD: A comparison showing that man’s true duty is worship of God and to avoid grievous sins|[34](/the-words/the-fifth-word/7855/28/34/35#342)|

|THE SIXTH WORD: A comparison describing five ways in which selling oneself and one’s property to God is profitable trade, and five serious losses incurred when this is neglected|[36](/the-words/the-sixth-word/7856/28/36/40#362)|

|THE SEVENTH WORD: A comparison showing how belief in God and the hereafter are two talismans which both solve the riddle of creation and open the door of happiness for man|[41](/the-words/the-seventh-word/7857/28/41/44#412)|

|THE EIGHTH WORD: On the true nature of religion, this world, man, and belief in God, and a comparison between the way of the Qur’an and that of unbelief and their results for the human heart and spirit|[45](/the-words/the-eighth-word/7858/28/45/50#452)|