I testify, O my God, and my King, that Thou hast created me
to remember Thee, to glorify Thee, and to aid Thy Cause… Thou hast given me a
tongue wherewith to remember and praise Thee… Thou hast given me eyes to
witness Thy signs, and to behold Thy verses, and to contemplate the revelations
of Thine handiwork … Thou hast given me ears that I may incline them unto Thy
praise and Thy celebration, and unto that which Thou didst send down from the
heaven of Thy bounty and the firmament of Thy will. - Baha'u'llah ('Epistle to
the Son of the Wolf')
