"Creator of the desert, Nur;

Creator of life;

Bringer of deliverance from the evil that walks the evening sands;

How long must you leave your people in waiting? How long must we lift our heads up and cry out in anguish toward the stars? How long until our salvation draws near? How long until we are delivered from the terror of the darkness that stalks the night?

Where are you, Oh Creator? Where is your promised one? Where is your promised prophet? Where has he gone? Has he left us forgotten in the barren desert, forgotten to our plight? Where have you gone, oh Creator? Why have you left us forsaken i the desert to die by the hands of our enemies, as we tear our clothes in the streets, gnashing our teeth in misery and fear?"

- Excerpt of 'The People's Lament' from the Sacred Scriptures of Nur.