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146 doubt concerning (the Book) which We have sent down unto our servant (Mohammed), produce a surat like unto it, and call upon your witnesses besides God, if ye say truth" (K. S. 2) . The outward translation of this verse is: If ye be in doubt and hesitation concerning what We have sent down to our servant Mohammed, produce one like unto these revealed surats and call upon your witnesses your learned men that they may assist you in revealing the surat; if ye are of those who speak truth.

Consider how great is the value and how paramount the importance of the verses in which God hath completed His perfect argument, consummate proof, dominant power and penetrating will. In the declaration of His proof, that King of Unity hath not conjoined anything with them, for among proofs and evidence, verses are like unto the sun, while all others are as stars. To the people they are everlasting proof, fixed argument and shining light from the presence of that Ideal King. No excellence equals them and nothing precedes them. They are the treasury of Divine pearls and the depository of the mysteries of Unity. They are the strong thread, the firm rope, the most secure handle and the inextinguishable light. Through them flows the river of the Divine Knowledges, and bursts the fire of the consummate Wisdom of the Eternal. This is a fire from which two effects proceed at the same time: It creates the heat of love within the people of faith, and produces the cold of