Each of the eleven phrases of the above-mentioned sentence affirming Divine Unity contains some good news. And in the good news of each lies a cure, while in each of those cures a spritual pleasure may be found.

THE FIRST PHRASE: ُ There is no god but God.’

This phrase contains the following good news for the human spirit, subject as it is to countless needs and the attacks of innumerable enemies. On the one hand it finds a place of recourse, a source of help, through which is opened to it the door of a treasury of mercy that will guarantee all its needs. While on the other it finds a point of support and strength, for the phrase makes known to it its Creator and True Object of Worship, Who possesses an absolute power that will secure it from the evil of all its enemies; it shows it its master, and who it is that owns it. Through pointing this out, the phrase saves the heart from utter desolation and the spirit from aching sorrow; it ensures an eternal joy, a perpetual happiness.

THE SECOND PHRASE: He is One.’

This phrase announces the following good news, which is both healing and a source of happiness: