By the Name of Allah, Possessor of Mercy, Dispenser of Mercy. Bless, o Allah, our leader Muhammad, his family. Protect them.

Praise Allah! Owner of the might, the glory; the largesse, appreciation; the benefit, bestowal, great favours; who planned then executed, provided then prospered; ordained then upheld, prepared then perfected; created and innovated, honed what he fashioned. Thus did minds come to know him: arose in souls his authority; enlightened for eyes his proof; defied intellects his power, prerogative. Guide to the path of his glory by grace and direction; designator of his blessings with himself by speech and doctrine; maker of his strange creatures and amazing inventions an avenue toward knowing him, a ladder toward knowing his ancientness, his eternity. There surely inheres in what he created a lesson for possessors of vision, a reminder for those with sharp intellects and thoughts. Among his signs are the creation of the heavens and earth. Concerning the sky, he raised its ceiling and sorted its transit; adorned it with stars and lodged in it the sun and the moon—two signs, sought to illumine night and day and know by their circuit the sequence of eras and epochs. As for the earth, he levelled its ground, erected its mountains, extracted its water and pasture, and therein housed his creation. And so, he bestowed them its dominions: tamed for them its stars; informed them of its courses; taught them its benefits and harms. He guided them to travel through it—by land and sea smooth and rugged. All that derives from him, his power radiating precision, arrangement, will, decision. Exalted, from this, his reign, authority, craft, and proof.

Now, the best to have utilized his vision, applying it toward unprecedented thoughts and considerations, must be the exalted King Roger, empowered by Allah the self-powered, king of Sicily, Italy, Lombardy, and Calabria; the victorious Roman leader of the Nazarene faith, in that he excels the Byzantine king in the distribution, acquisition, and delivery of matters, ratifying and voiding as he pleases. He dealt among his faithful justly, protecting them under the wing of grace and favour. He raised with the ropes of his rule an excellent effectuation: he handled the flow of his polity according to the best organization, the most beautiful society, and opened lands east and west.