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the most unlettered of all men, if he be honoured
with this supreme distinction, he verily is accounted
as one of those divinely-learned men
whose knowledge is of God; for such a man hath
attained the acme of knowledge, and hath reached
the furthermost summit of learning.
This station is also one of the signs of the Day
of Revelation; even as it is said: "The abased
amongst you, He shall exalt; and they that are
exalted, He shall abase." And likewise, He hath
revealed in the Qur'án: "And We desire to show
favour to those who were brought low in the land,
and to make them spiritual leaders among men,
and to make of them Our heirs." (1) It hath been
witnessed in this day how many of the divines,
owing to their rejection of the Truth, have fallen
into, and abide within, the uttermost depths of
ignorance, and whose names have been effaced
from the scroll of the glorious and learned. And
how many of the ignorant who, by reason of their
acceptance of the Faith, have soared aloft and attained
the high summit of knowledge, and whose
names have been inscribed by the Pen of Power
upon the Tablet of divine Knowledge. Thus,
