The very first issue of this magazine, published in July 1879, stated: “Truth, like a modest little flower in the wilderness of life, is surrounded and almost choked by the luxuriant growth of the weeds of error.
فَلْنَجْمَعِ ٱلْمَزِيدَ وَٱلْمَزِيدَ مِنَ ٱلْأَزْهَارِ ،‏ أَوِ ٱلْحَقَائِقِ ،‏ وَلَا نَكْتَفِ بِزَهْرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ .‏