[Imam] Sádiq, son of Muhammad... spoke these words:
“Knowledge is twenty and seven letters. All that the
Prophets have revealed are two letters thereof. No man thus far hath known more
than these two letters. But when the Qá’im shall arise, He will cause the
remaining twenty and five letters to be made manifest.”
Consider; He hath declared Knowledge to consist of twenty
and seven letters, and regarded all the Prophets, from Adam even unto the
“Seal,” as Expounders of only two letters thereof and of having been sent down
with these two letters. He also saith that the Qá’im [the Báb] will reveal all
the remaining twenty and five letters. Behold from this utterance how great and
lofty is His station! His rank excelleth that of all the Prophets, and His
Revelation transcendeth the comprehension and understanding of all their chosen
ones. A Revelation, of which the Prophets of God, His saints and chosen ones,
have either not been informed, or which, in pursuance of God’s inscrutable
Decree, they have not disclosed…
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
