His Supplication for the People of the Frontiers

t the Muslims of every region on raidsagainst the idolaters who face them! Reinforce them with angels in ranks from Thee, till the idolaters are routed by them to the end of the land, slain in Thy earth or taken captive, or till they admit that Thou art God, other than whom there is no god, Thou alone, who hast no associate! 9- O God, include in this Thy enemies in the regions of the lands, the Indians, the Byzantines, the Turks, the Khazars, the Abyssinians, the Nubians, the Zanjis, the Slavs, the Daylamites, and the rest of the idol-worshipping nations, those whose names and attributes are concealed, but whom Thou countest in Thy cognizanceand overseest through Thy power! 10- O God, distract the idolaters from reaching for the borders of the Muslims through the idolaters, bar them from cutting them downthrough being cut down, and hold them back from massing together against them through dissension! 11- O God, empty their hearts of securityand their bodies of strength, distract their hearts from thinking of stratagems, make their limbs too feeble for clashing with men, make them too cowardly for contending with champions, send against them a troop of Thy angels with some of Thy severityas Thou didst on the Day of Badr, 4so that through it Thou mayest cut off their roots, harvest their thorns, and disperse their number! 12- O God, mix their waters with pestilenceand their foods with maladies, hurl down their cities, harass them with peltings, hinder them through drought, place their supplies in the most ill-omened part of Thy earthand the farthest from them, bar them from its fortresses, and strike them with constant hunger and painful illness! 13- O God, if a warrior from the people of Thy creed wars against themor a struggler from the followers of Thy prescriptionsstruggles against themso that Thy religion may be the highest, Thy party the strongest, and Thy share the fullest, cast ease to him, arrange his affair, attend to him by granting success, select for him his companions, strengthen his back, lavish upon him livelihood, give him enjoyment of joyous vitality, cool for him the heat of yearning, give him sanctuary from the gloom of loneliness, make him forget the remembrance of wife and child, 14- pass along to him an excellent intention, attend to him with well-being, make safety his companion, release him from cowardice, inspire him with boldness, provide him with strength, support him