THE FIFTH POINT
The Divine Name Ever-Living
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Look, then, to the signs of God’s mercy – how He restores life to the earth after its death – verily He it is Who quickens the dead, for He is powerful over all things.(30:50)
There appeared to my mind in the distance in the month of Shawwal in Eskişehir Prison a fine point concerning this mighty verse, and another about the following mighty verse,
God! There is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep,(2:255)
together with a manifestation of the name Ever-Living, which is the greatest name or one of the two lights of the greatest name or one light of its six lights. I did not record them, for at the time I was unable to swiftly capture that sacred bird. Now after it has drawn away, I shall at least indicate briefly by means of a number of signs a few rays of that supreme truth and sublime light.
FIRST SIGN
The index-like answer to the questions “What is life?”and “What is its true nature and purpose?”, which are a greatest manifestation of the names of Ever-Living and Giver of Life, is this:
Life is:
The most important aim of the universe;
Its greatest result;
Its most brilliant light;
Its subtlest leaven;
Its distilled essence;
Its most perfect fruit;
Its most elevated perfection;
Its finest beauty;
Its most beautiful adornment;
The secret of its undividedness;
The bond of its unity;
The source of its perfections;