The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.

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

Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which though doest not.

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

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.

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.

The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.