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In the Name of God, the All-Powerful, the All-Holy, the Inaccessible.

Glorified be He Who hath created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by His command—“Be,” and it is.

Glorified be He Whom all that are in the heavens and all that are on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them glorify, according to that which He hath ordained by His command; and all prostrate themselves before Him.

Glorified be He in Whose grasp is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and by His leave do all act.

Glorified be He Who hath established Himself upon the Throne, Who knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and Who ordaineth the creation of all things, as He willeth, by His command, according to a measured decree.

Glorified be He in Whose grasp is the realm of omnipotent dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and unto Him shall all return.

Glorified be He for Whose sake act all that are in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and unto Him shall all turn again.

Glorified be He Whose is the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and before Him do all stand.

Glorified be He Whose is the primal origination of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and before Him do all bow down.

Glorified be He Whose is the judgment of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and unto Him shall all be raised up.

Glorified be He Whose is the justice of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and by His command do all judge.

Glorified be He Whose is the bounty of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and of His bounty do all ask.

Glorified be He Whose is the light of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and by His light are all illumined.

Glorified be He Whose are the keys of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them: He expendeth as He willeth through His bounty; and all remember Him.

Glorified be He Whose are the measures of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and all praise Him.

Glorified be He Whose are the keys of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and all give thanks unto Him.

Glorified be He Whose is the grandeur in the kingdom of command and creation and whatsoever lieth between them; and all stand in awe before Him.

Glorified be He Whose is the might in the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and all humble themselves before Him.

Glorified be He Whose is all power in the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and all magnify Him.

Glorified be He, for Whose Name no name of any thing shall be mentioned—neither from before nor from after, neither in the heavens nor on the earth nor in whatsoever lieth between them; and all things have ever acted by His command, and unto this bear witness.

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Bayan upon all that are in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, according to that which He hath decreed for them—that they may proclaim the oneness of God and then worship Him.

Glorified be He Who hath brought into being the Point in its entirety, and hath created therein what He hath created in the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, that its people may say: God is our Lord, the Well-Beloved of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them; and that all may be assured of what hath been sent down from God.

Glorified be He Who hath commanded in the Book that with every soul, whether male or female, there be a thousand verses of the verses of God, from what hath been revealed in the Point and the Letters; and that all, at every time, may acknowledge Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and those who are witnesses after Him, and those who have believed in God and His verses—all are submissive unto Him.