His Supplication in Distress His Supplication in Distress and Seeking Release 1 My God,           let not my enemy gloat over me           and torment not my dear kinsman or friend through me! 2 My God,           of Thy glances, give me one glance, and thereby                     remove from me                               that by which Thou hast afflicted me                     and return me to                               the best of Thy customs with me!           Respond to my supplication                     and the supplication of him who devotes his supplication                               sincerely to Thee,                     for my power has become frail,                               my stratagems few,                               my situation severe,                     and I despair of what is with Thy creatures,                               so nothing remains for me but hope in Thee! 3 My God,           surely Thy power to remove                               that in which I dwell                     is like Thy power in                               that with which Thou hast afflicted me!           And surely the remembrance of Thy acts of kindliness                               comforts me                     and hope in Thy showing favour and Thy bounty                     strengthens me,                     for I have not been without Thy favour                               ever since Thou created me. 4 And Thou, my God, art           my place of flight,           my asylum,           my protector,           my defender, 5           the loving toward me,           the compassionate,                     and the guarantor of my provision.           In Thy decree lay what has settled upon me                     and in Thy knowledge that to which I have come home. 6 So, my Patron and Master,           place within that which Thou hast                     ordained,                     decreed,                     and made unavoidable for me,           my well-being           and that wherein lies                     my soundness                     and my deliverance from that in which I am! 7           I hope for none to repel this other than Thee,                     and I rely in it only upon Thee. 8           O Possessor of majesty and munificence,                     be with my best opinion of Thee!281 9           Have mercy upon my frailty and the paucity of my stratagems,           remove my distress,           grant my supplication,           ease me from my stumble,           and show kindness to me in that                     and to everyone who supplicates Thee!           My Master, Thou hast commanded me to supplicate                               and undertaken to respond,282                     and Thy promise is the truth                               in which there is no failing,                               nor any change.283 10 So bless Muhammad, Thy prophet and servant,           and the pure, the Folk of his House,           and help me,                     surely Thou art                               the help of him who has no help                               and the stronghold of him who has no stronghold,                     while I am the distressed                               the response to whom and the removal of evil from whom                               Thou hast made obligatory!284 11           So respond to me,                     remove my concern,                     relieve my gloom,                     return my state to the best it has been,                     and repay me not according to what I deserve,                               but according to Thy mercy                               which embracest all things,285                     O Possessor of majesty and munificence!           Bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,                     hear, and respond,                     O All-mighty!