14. The right of the possessor of authority is that you know that God has made you a trial from him. God is testing him through the authority He has given him over you. You should provide him your advice purely. You should not expose yourself to his displeasure when he has full dominance over you, for thereby you cast yourself by your own hands into destruction and you will also cause him destruction. You should be humble and kind so that you will show him satisfaction due to which he will not harm you and you will save your religion from injury. Seek God’s help in this regard. Do not oppose him in his power and do not resist him. If you do so, you will have behaved improperly with him and yourself by exposing it to encounter his detested punishment and expose him to destruction. Moreover, you will become his partner in his sin when he brings evil down upon you.
All power belongs to God.
15. The right of the one who trains you through knowledge is magnifying him, respecting his sessions, listening well to him, attending to him with devotion, and help him convey to you the knowledge that you need indispensably. You can do so by emptying your mind for (receiving) his information, lend him your comprehension, purify your heart for him; open your eyes widely before him by means of abandoning the appetites and deserting the passions. You should also know that you are considered as his messenger when you will convey the information that he provides you to the ignorant ones that you meet. Therefore, it is binding upon you to convey on his behalf properly, avoid betraying him when you are conveying his message and representing him.
All power belongs to God.
16. The right of him who trains you through property is as same as the possessor of authority upon you. The difference between the both is that you are bound to obey this one in every matter, whether small or big, unless obeying him would displease God or would preclude you from fulfilling the rights of God and His creatures. If you fulfill these rights, you will be able to engage yourself with fulfilling his rights.
All power belongs to God.