O thou servant of the One true God! In this universal
dispensation man's wondrous craftsmanship is reckoned as worship of the
Resplendent Beauty.
Consider what a bounty and blessing it is that craftsmanship is regarded as
worship. In former times, it was believed that such skills were tantamount to
ignorance, if not a misfortune, hindering man from drawing nigh unto God. Now
consider how His infinite bestowals and abundant favours have changed hell-fire
into blissful paradise, and a heap of dark dust into a luminous garden.
It behoveth the craftsmen of the world at each moment to offer a thousand
tokens of gratitude at the Sacred Threshold, and to exert their highest
endeavour and diligently pursue their professions so that their efforts may
produce that which will manifest the greatest beauty and perfection before the
eyes of all men.
