تقليد بني جراح
I place my trust in the Lord, exalted above attributes and the inmost nature of things, and seek nearness to Him through His Guardian, the Riser of religion, who is truthful to His promise.
From the servant al-Muqtanā, who offers counsel to all humanity, submissive in obedience to his Master and the least of the servants of the guiding Riser and Imam, to the two noble, trustworthy and devout emirs, pillars and supports of the state, its fortunate and wise men: Jābir, the offspring of purity and its blessedness, and Rammāḥ, the two sons of Mufarrij, who possess knowledge of truths and make them known.
Peace upon you and upon the people of religion in your company, who seek the Creator's good fortune and blessings, await the elevation of His Guardian's banners and the unfolding of His standards, and bear true witness to His just balances. May the Guardian's blessings rest upon those who establish proofs before the worlds through the aid that flows from His Guardian by the hands of the pure throughout the regions of the earth.
Now then: praise belongs to our Lord al-Ḥākim, by whose command the beings of eternity exist, who transcends the worship of the worlds and the Cause of causes. He created that Cause as a veil for the worlds and a means of abrogating religious legislation and changing directions of prayer. Know, you two religious men, that distances have drawn near, boundaries have narrowed, the moons of the impostors have darkened, and their stars are nearing their scattering and fall. The nations are heedless of their condition, except those who hold fast to the Guardian. The remnant of creation lies abandoned and lifeless, wandering from the straight road and stumbling, denying the sincere Guide. Their eyes have become blind beneath the prevailing darkness of the period of concealment, and their thoughts have lost the path to the tree of relief and the place of power.
Noble men, incline yourselves to hear divine wisdom and cooperate in spreading the divine word of tawḥīd. Bear the bitter hardships of traveling in search of the stations of the people of the East and honor. You possess excellent qualities crowned with honor and praise, and merits surpassing distinctions of appearance, fathers, and grandfathers. Preserve, both of you, the bonds of the honor granted by this favor. Do not imitate any of the Arab chiefs in word or deed so that you are distinguished by the divine word from your peers. Turn away from the failed opinion of Sulaymān ibn al-Jabalī. Make your mounts travel under the guidance of the ranks of religion, draw from the sources at which the people of truth have drawn the knowledge of the spiritual ranks and gates, and use your remaining time to make up for days of ignorance and the period of training. Having been shown the marks of honor, do not content yourselves with the station of those who fall short.
The years and ages of ignorance have passed. The star of the cycle has risen at its appointed horizon. Its rays herald the downfall of falsehood. The structures of falsehood are falling; the opponents are being overcome, and those who turn away from truth, doubters and disputants, are being exposed. Those who submit and go before others will be distinguished from the lying by the signs of truthfulness. Awaken, then! The hour has come for the souls of the nations to rise again and for the origins of falsehood and their inventors to be uprooted and torn out. The she-camels of religion have been saddled and their driver has called to them; the horses of al-Aʿrāf have been prepared. The caller of the realities has summoned; the herald has announced with a truthful voice; the lights of holiness have shone at the appearance of the guiding Riser, the Imam.
Because of their stubborn opposition to truth, human beings are tumbling through the thick darkness of ignorance and falling into the deepest shadows of misguidance. Their evil actions have caused them to remain devoted to the calf and the buffalo, and diseased thoughts have prevented them from joining those who went before. They wander bewildered in the darkness of the interval, unaware and confounded by the signs and terrors of the Resurrection. Their minds and understanding are absent, while their bodies and the corruption of their beliefs remain present. The horses of ignorance have carried them along, and worship of idols and divining arrows has distracted them from the truth.
Therefore, you two religious men, awaken to the instruction of wisdom and the favors of the Guardian of the Age: draw from the lessons of wisdom and the favor bestowed by the Guardian of the Age, and persevere at the branch of the Gate of Mercy. He has made His authorization and religious charge incumbent upon you. Obedience and the binding nature of the Guardian's proof are incumbent upon you and upon all who are under your care.
You two have heard the sincere adviser in his guidance and explanation. The duty of a truthful messenger is only to convey and explain clearly.
Praise belongs to the One whose transcendence rejects the association and delimitation of the worlds. The very inability to indicate the essence of what is known of Him constitutes glorification and exaltation. Thanks belong to His Guardian, the balance of justice through whom warning has appeared among humanity. Peace upon you both, and upon the pure Unitarians in your care.
My confidence in the Riser of religion suffices me: he takes vengeance upon the associators, apostates, and violators of their covenants with the sword of the Lord al-Ḥākim, God of the worlds.
Completed; obedience belongs to its Lord.