His Supplication on the Day of 'Arafa

ittle by little by granting me a respite, 33like the drawing on little by littleof him who withholds from me the good he hasby not sharing with Thee in letting favour down upon me! 91- Arouse me fromthe sleep of the heedless, the slumber of the prodigal, and the dozing of the forsaken! 92- Take my heart to that in which Thou hastemployed the devout, enthralled the worshipers, and rescued the remiss! 93- Give me refuge from that which willkeep me far from Thee, come between me and my share from Thee, and bar me from that which I strive for in Thee! 94- Make easy for methe road of good deeds toward Thee, racing to them from where Thou hast commanded, and coveting them as Thou desirest! 95- Efface me not along withthose whom Thou effacestfor thinking lightly of what Thou hast promised! 96- Destroy me not withthose whom Thou destroyestfor exposing themselves to Thy hate! 97- Annihilate me not amongthose whom Thou annihilatestfor deviating from Thy roads! 98- Deliver me from the floods of trial, save me from the gullets of affliction, and grant me sanctuary from being seized by respite! 34 99- Come between me and the enemy who misguides me, the caprice which ruins me, and the failing which overcomes me! 100- Turn not away from mewith the turning away in wrathfrom one with whom Thou art not pleased! 101- Let me not lose heart in expecting from Thee, lest I be overcome by despair of Thy mercy! 102- Grant me not that which I cannot endure, lest Thou weighest me downwith the surplus of Thy love which Thou loadest upon me! 103- Send me not from Thy hand, the sending of him who possesses no good, toward whom Thou hast no need, and who turns not back [to Thee]! 104- Cast me not with the casting of him who hasfallen from the eye of Thy regardand been wrapped in degradation from Thee! Rather take my hand [and save me] fromthe falling of the stumblers, the disquiet of the deviators, the slip of those deluded, and the plight of the perishers! 105- Release me from that with which Thou hast afflictedthe ranks of Thy servants and handmaidsand make me reach the utmost degrees of himabout whom Thou art concerned, towards whom Thou showest favour, and with whom Thou art pleased, so that Thou lettest him live as one praiseworthyand takest him to Thee as one felicitous! 106- Collar me with the collar of abstaining from that whichmakes good deeds failand takes away blessings! 107- Impart to my heart restraint beforeugly works of eviland disgraceful misdeeds! 108- Divert me notby that which I cannot reach except through Theefrom doing that which alone makes Thee pleased with me! 35 109- Root out from my heart the love of this vile world, which keeps from everything which is with Thee, bars from seeking the mediation to Thee, 36and distracts from st