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.