His Supplication on the Day of 'Arafa

on of Thy Unityand the negation from Theeof opposites, rivals, and likenesses, I have come to Thee by the gatewaysby which Thou hast commandedthat people come, and I have sought nearness to Theethrough that without seeking nearness through which none gains nearness to Thee. 73- Then I followed all this with repeated turning toward Thee, lowliness and abasement before Thee, good opinion of Thee, and trust in what is with Thee; and to that I coupled hope in Thee, since the one who hopes in Theeis seldom disappointed! 74- I asked Thee with the asking of onevile, lowly, pitiful, poor, fearful, seeking sanctuary; all that in fear and pleadingseeking refuge and asking shelter, not presumptuous through the pride of the proud, nor exalting myself with the boldness of the obedient, nor presumptuous of the intercession of the interceders. 75- For I am still the least of the leastand the lowliest of the lowly, like a dust mote or less! O He who does not hurry the evildoersnor restrain those living in ease! 31O He who shows kindness through releasing the stumblersand gratuitous bounty through respiting the offenders! 76- I am the evildoer, the confessor, the offender, the stumbler! 77- I am he who was audacious toward Thee as one insolent! 78- I am he who disobeyed Thee with forethought! 79- I am he who hid myself from Thy servantsand blatantly showed myself to Thee! 32 80- I am he who was awed by Thy servantsand felt secure from Thee! 81- I am he who dreaded not Thy penaltyand feared not Thy severity! 82- I am the offender against himself! 8-3 I am the hostage to his own affliction! 84- I am short in shame! 85- I am long in suffering! 86- By the right of him whom Thou hast distinguished among Thy creationand by him whom Thou hast chosenfor Thyself! By the right of him whom Thou hast selectedfrom among Thy creaturesand by him whom Thou hast pickedfor Thy task! By the right of him the obeying of whom Thou hast joined to obeying Thee, and by him the disobeying of whom Thou hast made like disobeying Thee! And by the right of him whose friendship Thou hast bound to Thy friendshipand by him whose enmity Thou hast linkedto Thine enmity! Shield me in this day of mine, by that through which Thou shieldesthim who prays fervently to Thee while disavowingand him who seeks refuge in Thy forgivenesswhile repenting! 87- Attend to me with that through which Thou attendest to the people ofobedience toward Thee, proximity to Thee, and rank with Thee! 88. Single me out, as Thou singlest him out whofulfils Thy covenant, fatigues himself for Thy sake alone, and exerts himself in Thy good pleasure! 89- Take me not to task for my neglect in respect to Thee, my transgressing the limit in Thy bounds, and stepping outside Thy ordinances! 90- Draw me not on l