O my heavenly friends! It is certain and evident that the
Incomparable One is always praised for His absolute wealth, distinguished for
His all-embracing mercy, characterized by His eternal grace, and known for His
gifts to the world of existence. Nonetheless, in accordance with His
inscrutable wisdom and in order to apply a unique test to distinguish the friend
from the stranger, He hath enjoined the Huqúq upon His servants and made it
obligatory.
Those who have observed this weighty ordinance have received
heavenly blessings and in both worlds their faces have shone radiantly and
their nostrils perfumed by the sweet savours of God's tender mercy. One of the
tokens of His consummate wisdom is that the payment of the Huqúq will enable
the donors to become firm and steadfast and will exert a great influence on
their hearts and souls. Furthermore the Huqúq will be used to charitable
purposes.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá (From a Tablet, The Compilation of Compilations, vol.
I, Huququ’llah)
