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A risala by al-Tustarī on these entities inspired Ibn Masarra’s writing on their “characteristics.” Manuscripts by members of a sect named for these entities contain a “32” on them in reference to a set of “names” that Allah taught ʾĀdam. A sculpture of two of these entities, “Lovers Heech,” is emblematic of a Sufi-inspired art movement named for them. Fazlullāh Astarābādī was considered (15[1])the Mahdi by a sect named for these entities that expelled the Nuqtavis. A “black teardrop” was the origin of these entities according to (*) Baháʼu'lláh’s commentary on “isolated” versions of these entities. Al-Qalam is the alternate name of a surah often named for one of these “mysterious” entities called the muqattaʿāt, (-5[1])which also open (-5[1])surahs al-Baqara (10[1])and Tā Hā. For 10 points, name these entities, whose assigned values in a mystical Islamic numerological system are added up to derive 786 as equivalent to the word Bismillah. (10[2])■END■

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