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SERMON 215
A prayer which Amir al-mu'minin often recited
Praise be to Allah! Who made me such that I have not died nor am I sick nor
have my veins been infected with disease nor have I been hauled up for my evil
acts nor am I without progeny nor have I forsaken my religion nor do I
disbelieve in my Lord nor do I feel strangeness with my faith nor is my
intelligence affected nor have I been punished with the punishment of peoples
before me. I am a slave in Thy possession I have been guilty of excesses over
myself. Thou hast exhausted Thy pleas over me and I have no plea (before Thee).
I have no power to take except what Thou givest me and I cannot evade except
what Thou savest me from.
O' my Allah! I seek Thy protection from becoming destitute despite Thy riches
from being misguided despite Thy guidance from being molested in Thy realm and
from being humiliated while authority rests with Thee.
O' my Allah! let my spirit be the first of those good objects that Thou
takest from me and the first trust out of Thy favours held in trust with me.
O' my Allah! we seek Thy protection from turning away from Thy command or
revolting against Thy religion or being led away by our desires instead of by
guidance that comes from Thee.
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