His Gate (Bābuhu) points to Him from a place nearby. He tests the servants through acts of worship, through traditions, and through religious obligations—as a means of enlightenment for the insights of the believers, and as shackles (asāran) around the necks of the deniers. He has employed each according to his own disposition and granted accord based on what was merited in His precedence. I praise Him with the praise of one who confesses his incapacity to fulfill the limit of His praise, scooping from the oceans of His grace and support.

I seek His guidance toward the path of His purpose, leading to the abode of His glory. And I bear witness that He is the One, not by way of number; the Outwardly Manifest by His Essence without a body; Sanctified above possessing a companion or a son. And I bear witness that "The One" (al-Wāhid) is the first of His originations, the most sublime of His inventions, and the manifester of His good pleasure and the locus of His names and attributes; His praised praise, His intended House, the Throne of His equilibrium (istiwā’), and the station of His exaltation. I bear witness that Unity (al-Wahdāniyya) is the Gate of His mercy, the path of His guidance and gnosis,