4285 Previous revelations had been in other languages. Now the revelation was given in Arabia in Arabic itself, the language of the country which all could understand. And it is a beautiful language, straight and flexible, and fit to be the vehicle of sublime truths. Cf. C. 12. 4286 See
18:1 and n. 2326. Cf. also
7:45 , n. 1024; and
19:36 , n. 2488.