Simyanın Sırları Kitabı: Sırların Sırrı

THE BOOK OF THE SECRETS OF ALCHEMY, COMPOSED BY KHALID, SON OF YAZID, translated from Hebrew into Arabic, and from Arabic into Latin, by an unknown interpreter. Preface on the difficulty of the art. GRACE be to God, the creator of all things, who has guided and sustained us, and taught us, and given us understanding and knowledge. Unless the Lord guarded and guided us, we would be without protection and without a teacher, like those who wander; indeed, we would know nothing of this world unless He Himself taught us, He who is the beginning and the knowledge of all things, by His power and goodness over the people. He directs and instructs whom He wills, and by His mercy leads them back to the path of justice. For He sent His messengers into the darkness, and explained the ways, and by His mercy filled those who love Him. Know, brother, that this our mastery of the secret stone, and this honored office, is the secret of the secrets of God, which He has hidden from His people, nor did He wish to reveal it to any except those who, like faithful sons, have deserved it, and who have recognized His goodness and greatness. For he who seeks the secret of God, it is necessary for him to value this secret of the mastery more than anything.