1 God, who originated all under the sky, is to be considered as the Originator of them all.

2 When the Originator is found, we know what His creatures should be. When one knows that he is created by God, and proceeds to guard the qualities which God has given him, to the end of his life he will be free from all peril.

3 Let him keep his mouth closed, and shut up the portals (of his nostrils), and all his life he will be exempt from laborious exertion. Let him keep his mouth open, and (spend his breath) in the promotion of his affairs, and all his life there will be no safety for him.

4 The perception of what is small is (the secret of) clear-sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is (the secret of) strength.

5.

Who uses well his light,

Reverting to its (source so) bright,

Will from his body ward all blight,

And hides the unchanging from men's sight.