Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.

Thus hath it been sent down from the heaven of the Will of your Lord, the Lord of Revelation.

Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.

Happy the days that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the hours which have been spent in praise of Him Who is the All-Wise.

That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.

I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.