Know verily that the purpose underlying all these symbolic terms and abstruse allusions, which emanate from the revealers of Gods holy cause, hath been to test and prove the peoples of the world; that thereby the earth of the pure and illuminated hearts may be known from the perishable and barren soil.

O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

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

The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.

My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.

The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.

Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.