Glory be to Him...

Glory be to Him, and highly exalted is He above the sayings of those who worshipped things other than Him and betook them as gods. We praise Him with the praise that He accepted from His servants and the praise that he imposed its acceptance upon Himself. I declare there is no god but Allah exclusively without any associate, and declare that Mohammed is His servant and messenger. These two declarations promote the word and put down the deed.

The scale from which these two declarations are taken is flimsy, and the scale in which they are put is…