The Pen of the Most High hath ordained that the Huququ'lláh
is payable on nineteen mithqals of gold. That is, the Huquq is levied on money
equalling this amount. As to other possessions in silver or otherwise, it is
payable when they equal this in value, not in number. The Huququ'lláh is
payable only once; for example if a person acquireth a thousand mithqals in
gold and payeth the Huquq thereof, the Right of God ceaseth to be applicable to
that amount, except in regard to what accrueth to it through commerce and
transactions; when such profits reach the prescribed minimum, one must carry
out what God hath decreed. When, however, the original sum changeth hands, the
Huquq is again payable as it was the first time; in this event the Right of God
must be given. - Baha’u’llah (The Compilation of Compilation, vol. I,
Huqúqu'lláh)
