iend or to succor
them, nor can anything deter their enemies from harming them.
Unrestrained, they do what they wish, and deal with them as they please.

Give, therefore, O my Lord, the wonders of Thine aid to Thy loved ones,
who have sought no helper except Thee, and have turned to none save
Thyself, and whose eyes have expectantly awaited to behold the wonders of
Thy favors and Thy gifts. Have pity, then, upon them, O my God, through
the incomparable tokens of Thy mercy, and shelter them within the
stronghold of Thy protection and Thy loving-kindness. Thou art the One, O
my Lord, Who from everlasting hath been the Refuge of the fearful, and the
Haven of the needy. Withhold not, I beseech Thee, from these feeble
creatures the matchless tokens of Thy bounteousness and generosity, and
leave them not to the mercy of them whose essence hath been solely created
of the fire of Thy wrath and of Thine anger, and who have never discovered
the fragrance of compassion and equity, and who have been so deluded by
the deceitfulness of the world that they have denied Thy proof, and joined
partners with Thee, and repudiated Thy signs, and shed the blood of those
who are dear to Thee, and have been trusted by Thee. I swear by Thy might,
O my Beloved! They have committed what no man before them hath committed,
and have thereby deserved Thy wrath and the scourge of Thine anger. Lay
hold on them by the power of Thy sovereignty, and set over them such as
will have no mercy upon them, unless they return unto Thee, and enter
beneath the shadow of Thy loving-kindness, and are forgiven by Thee. Thou
hast from everlasting been supreme over all things, and wilt unto
everlasting remain the same. Thou, truly, art the Almighty, the Most
Exalted, the Equitable, the All-Wise.

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Look Thou upon this wronged one, who
hath been sorely afflicted by the oppressors among Thy creatures and the
infidels among Thine enemies, though he himself hath refused to breathe a
single breath but by Thy leave and at Thy bidding. I lay asleep on my
couch, O my God, when lo, the gentle winds of Thy grace and Thy
loving-kindness passed over me, and wakened me through the power of Thy
sovereignty and Thy gifts, and bade me arise before Thy servants, and
speak forth Thy praise, and glorify Thy word. Thereupon most of Thy people
reviled me. I swear by Thy glory, O my God! I never thought that they
would show forth such deeds, aware as I am tha