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|THE EIGHTEENTH WORD: Comprising three points: the first, A Chastening Slap for My Evil-Commanding Soul; the second explains one meaning of the verse, “Who has created everything in the best way;” and the third shows how the beauty and art in the universe require the messengership of Muhammad (UWBP)|[242](/the-words/the-eighteenth-word/7966/28/242/246#2422)|

|THE NINETEENTH WORD, On the Messengership of Muhammad (UWBP). Fourteen Droplets proving and describing the messengership of Muhammad (UWBP), the fourteenth, on his greatest miracle, the Qur’an|[247](/the-words/the-nineteenth-word/7971/28/247/257#2472)|

|THE TWENTIETH WORD: Consists of two stations|[258](/the-words/the-twentieth-word/7986/28/258/281#2582)|

|First Station: Three verses of the Qur’an, comprising three points, in which the particular matters mentioned indicate general laws and universal principles|[258](/the-words/the-twentieth-word/7986/28/258/281#2582)|

|Second Station: On the Miracles of the Prophets, demonstrating that just as the prophets were leaders of communities in regard to spiritual and moral progress, so were they masters in regard to some craft or industry, taught them by means of a miracle. In mentioning them, the Qur’an is urging humanity towards scientific and technological progress|[265](/the-words/the-twentieth-word/7986/28/258/281#2652)|

|THE TWENTY-FIRST WORD: Consists of two stations|[282](/the-words/the-twenty-first-word/7997/28/282/293#2822)|

|First Station: Five warnings to the soul, which is dilatory in performing the five daily prayers|[282](/the-words/the-twenty-first-word/7997/28/282/293#2822)|

|Second Station: Five aspects comprising five cures for five of the many sorts of scruples with which people are afflicted|[288](/the-words/the-twenty-first-word/7997/28/282/293#2882)|

|THE TWENTY-SECOND WORD: Consists of two stations|[294](/the-words/the-twenty-second-word/8012/28/294/326#2942)|

|First Station: Twelve proofs demonstrating in allegorical form how the beings in the world around us speak of their Maker and point to His unity|[294](/the-words/the-twenty-second-word/8012/28/294/326#2942)|

|Second Station: Twelve flashes from the sun of belief in God which, by pointing out the stamps and seals on all things denoting their Maker and His power and other attributes, demonstrate the true affirmation of divine unity|[307](/the-words/the-twenty-second-word/8012/28/294/326#3072)|

4–6 October 2026 · Istanbul

13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

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