of some of the books that Allah revealed in a single tongue—when he recited it in a tongue other than the one in which it was revealed—was a translator for it, not a reciter of it as Allah revealed it.

As for the meaning of his statement, peace and blessings of God be upon him: "The first Book was revealed from one door, and the Qur'an was revealed from seven doors," he, peace and blessings of God be upon him, meant by his statement: "The first Book was revealed from one door"—and Allah knows best—that which was revealed from the Books of Allah upon whichever of His prophets He revealed it to, devoid of prescribed punishments, rulings, the lawful, and the Prohibited, such as the Psalms of David, which were only a reminder and admonitions, and the Gospel of Jesus, which was glorification, praises, and encouragement to pardon and turn away—to the exclusion of other rulings and sacred laws—and what resembles that among the books that were revealed with some of the seven meanings, all of which are contained in our Book, which Allah specifically granted to our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him, and his nation. Thus, those who were bound to worship by establishing it did not find any seeking for the pleasure of Allah—exalted be His mention—by which they might attain Paradise and deserve closeness from Him, except through the single aspect in which their Book was revealed, and that is the single door among the doors of Paradise from which that Book was revealed.

And Allah specifically granted our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him, and his nation that He revealed His Book to them according to seven aspects among the aspects by which they attain the pleasure of Allah and achieve victory in Paradise if they establish them; (1) so every aspect among its seven aspects is a door among the doors of Paradise from which the Qur'an was revealed. For whoever acts according to every aspect among its seven aspects is acting upon a door among the doors of Paradise and seeking through it victory in it. Acting according to what Allah, majestic be His mention, commanded in His Book is a door among the doors of Paradise; avoiding what Allah forbade in it is another, second door among its doors; declaring lawful what Allah made lawful in it is a third door among its doors; and declaring Prohibited what Allah prohibited in it is a fourth door among its doors;