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48. This is that hidden knowledge which shall never change, since its beginning is with nine # 29 |
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In the Arabic Bayán the Báb described His inheritance law
as being “in accordance with a hidden knowledge in the Book of
God—a knowledge that shall never change or be replaced”. He
also stated that the numbers by which the division of the
inheritance was expressed had been invested with a
significance intended to aid in the recognition of Him
Whom God will make manifest.
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The “nine” mentioned here is represented in the Arabic
text by the letter “Tá”, which is its equivalent in the abjad
notation (see Glossary). It is the first element of the Báb’s
division of inheritance, where He designates “nine parts” as
the share of the children. The significance of nine lies in its
being the numerical equivalent of the Greatest Name
“Bahá”, alluded to in the next part of this verse as “the
concealed and manifest, the inviolable and unapproachably exalted
Name”. (See also note 33.)
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