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2. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq (p): Prophet Isa (Jesus) (p) was given two
letters (of the divine alphabet) by God, and with them he performed
miracles. Prophet Musa (Moses) (p) was given four letters, Prophet
Ibrahim (Abraham) (p) was given eight letters, Prophet Nuh (Noah)
(p) was given fifteen letters, Prophet Adam (p) twenty five letters,
and God gave the total of all of them to Prophet Muhammad (p). The
Greatest Name of God possesses seventy three letters and the Prophet
Muhammad (p) was presented seventy two letters and one letter remained
veiled even from him.
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3. Imam Ali an-Naqi (p): The Greatest Name of God has seventy-three
letters. Asif (p) (the cousin and minister of Prophet Sulayman (Solomon)
(p)) possessed one letter, and when he spoke with it, the earth between
him and Saba (Sheba) folded up for him, and he took the throne of
Bilqis, and brought it to Prophet Sulayman (Solomon) (p), and the
ground opened up in time less than the twinkling of an eye. With us
are seventy two of the letters, and one letter is with God, which
is kept exclusively in (His) Knowledge of the unknown.
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