I wish to say a few words on the subject of our efforts in constructing something (The Universel). We have come together, brought together by destiny in friendship, in sympathy, in love, and this must have a special meaning. And that special meaning is that we are constructing something, we are building something in the air. And this building is not a building for a certain time. This building is built for centuries to come. And once we begin to look at it from this point of view, we no longer can call or compare the Sufi Movement with any other intellectual, philanthropical, or spiritual institution. And those of my mureeds who do not see this way do not yet realize the meaning of this building. This is where God's Message will be treasured, a temple in which the future generations will find what they seek.

And how is it designed, and how is it to be constructed? It is designed by the hand of God, and it is to be constructed by our thoughts of harmony, of love, of beauty. It is our thoughts and our feelings which will serve in this temple as stones and bricks and tiles, and it is our feelings which will hold this temple for centuries to come. This opens up a different thought before my mureeds; and at the same time it wakens them to their duty and to that obligation which is attached to it. Every mureed has a contribution to make to this temple, and the best contribution he can make is his devotion, his faith in the Message, his sincere service to the Cause, his sympathy, his friendship with Murshid.

Never say, "Murshid has many friends." They can never be many. The laudable object that we have to carry in the world, the difficulties, that requires many more friends. And friends are never sufficient.