Translations:On Dokuzuncu Mektup/1038/en

Man’s boundless weakness and impotence make him inferior to all other animals and his intelligence, an instrument of grief, sorrow, and sadness, makes him more wretched, yet when he is illumined with that light, he rises above all animals and all creatures. Through entreaty, his illuminated impotence, poverty, and intelligence make him a petted monarch; due to his complaints, he becomes a spoiled vicegerent of the earth.