O friends of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá! The Lord, as a sign of His
infinite bounties, hath graciously favoured His servants by providing for a
fixed money offering (Huqúq), to be dutifully presented unto Him, though He,
the True One and His servants have been at all times independent of all created
things, and God verily is the All-Possessing, exalted above the need of any
gift from His creatures. This fixed money offering, however, causeth the people
to become firm and steadfast and draweth Divine increase upon them.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘The Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá’; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, Huququ’llah)
