Chapter whereby one entereth into the Great House.

Hail to Thee, O God, the Perfecter, I am Thy servant, the scribe.

I have equally balanced the day and the night, I have put a stop to their strife, I have ended their complaints.

I have set right the reckoning of the heavens from its backward course.

I have done what Thou hast prescribed.

And I abide since then within my own sight.

I am free from obstruction; and I come that Thou mayest see me in the house where I repeat the ancient ordinances and words, as a guidance wherewith thou shalt guide posterity.