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SERMON 214

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.