"... O He who pardons the greatest sins by His clemency!
             O He who lavishes blessings by His bounty!
             O He who gives abundance by His generosity!
             O Sustenance to me in my adversity!
             O Companion to me in my solitude!
             O Aid to me in my affliction!
             O Benefactor to me in my blessing!
             O my God
             and God of my fathers,
             Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob!
             Lord of Gabriel, Michael and Israfil!
             Lord of Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets,
             and his household, the chosen ones!
             Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms and
                      the Criterion,
             and Sender down of Kaf Ha' Ya' Ayn Sad, Ta' Ha',
             Ya' Sin, and the Wise Quran!


    Thou art my cave (of refuge) when the roads for all their
                      amplitude constrict me
    and the land for all its breadth is strait for me.
        If not for Thy mercy, I would have been among the
        perishing,
        and Thou annullest my slip.
           If not for Thy covering me, I would have been
                      among the disgraced,
    and Thou confirmest me with help against my enemies.
       And if not for Thy helping me, I would have been
                      among those overcome.

    O He who appropriated loftiness and exaltation to Himself,
       so His friends (awliya') are mighty through His might!

    O He before whom kings place the yoke of abasement
                around their necks,
                for they fear His overwhelming power!
                "He knows the treachery of the eyes and what the
                breasts conceal" (XL,19)
                and the unseen brought by time and fate.

    O He about whom none knows how He is but He!

       O He about whom none knows what He is but He!
       O He whom none knows but He!

    O He who squeezed the earth onto the water and held
                back the air with the sky!

    O He to whom belong the noblest Names!

    O He who possesses kindness which will never be cut off!

    O He who assigned the cavalcade to Joseph in the barren
                land,
                brought him out of the well
                and made him a king after slavery!

    O He who returned him to Jacob after "his eyes were
                whitened with sorrow that he was
                suppressing" (XII, 84)137

    O He who removed affliction and tribulation from Job38
       and restrained Abraham's hands from the sacrifice of
       his son after he had reached old age and
       his life had passed by!

    O He who answered the prayer of Zachariah
       and bestowed upon him John,
       not leaving him childless and alone!

    O He who brought Jonah out from the stomach of the
                fish!

    O He who parted the sea for the Children of Israel,
       then saved them
       and drowned Pharoah and his hosts!

    O He who sends winds heralding His mercy!

    O He who does not hurry (to act) against those of His
                creatures who disobey Him! ... "