In the beginning of His Book He saith: “Alif. Lám. Mím.
[letters ‘a’, ‘l’ and ‘m’] No doubt is there about this Book: It is a guidance
unto the God-fearing.” In the disconnected letters of the Qur’án the mysteries
of the divine Essence are enshrined, and within their shells the pearls of His
Unity are treasured. For lack of space We do not dwell upon them at this
moment. Outwardly they signify Muhammad Himself, Whom God addresseth saying: “O
Muhammad, there is no doubt nor uncertainty about this Book which hath been
sent down from the heaven of divine Unity. In it is guidance unto them that
fear God.” Consider, how He hath appointed and decreed this self-same Book, the
Qur’án, as a guidance unto all that are in heaven and on earth. He, the divine
Being, and unknowable Essence, hath, Himself, testified that this Book is,
beyond all doubt and uncertainty, the guide of all mankind until the Day of
Resurrection.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
