Who gave you the power to behold the beauty of the heavens, the sun in its course, the moon, the myriads of stars with the harmony and order that are theirs like the music of a lyre?
Who has blessed you with rain, crops to cultivate, food, arts and crafts, homes, laws, organized society, civilized life with friendship and family ties? Who has made you lord and master of everything on earth? Was it not God, whose first request to us now is that we should show generosity in return? Having already received so much from God and hoping for so much more, we should surely be ashamed to refuse God the one thing asked of us, which is to show generosity to others.
