Indeed, some revealed works, especially those by Baha’u’llah, warrant numerous examinations, each of which will provide an entirely different experience for the reader; often a panoply of meanings becomes apparent at every successive level of interpretation, each of which may well result in further insights into the “intended meaning” of the work. It is in this context that at the conclusion of the Kitab-i-iqan, Baha’u’llah cites Sadiq, the sixth of the Shi’ih Imams, to acknowledge that “We speak one word, and by it we intend one and seventy meanings; each one of these meanings we can explain.”
(The Body of God by John S. Hatcher)
We speak one word, and by it we intend one and seventy meanings; each one of these meanings we can explain.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Ki tab-i-Ian, p. 255)
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