Surely You -azwj are the most generous of those from whom are asked!

Surely You -azwj are the most generous of those from whom are asked! 21- O Allah -azwj , since You -azwj have covered me with Your -azwj Pardon and Shielded me with Your -azwj bounty in the abode of annihilation and the presence of equals, (please) Grant me sanctuary from the disgraces of the Abode of Subsistence at the standing places of the Witnesses (the angels brought nigh, the messengers honoured, the martyrs, the righteous) before the neighbour from whom I have hidden my evil deeds and the womb relative before whom I feel ashamed in my secret thoughts!

22- I trust them not, my Lord -azwj , to cover me over, but I trust You -azwj , my Lord -azwj , to forgive me! You -azwj are the most worthy of those in whom confidence one must have, the most giving of those who are besought, and the most clement of those from whom mercy is asked. So (please) Have mercy upon me!

23- O Allah, You -azwj Caused me to descend as mean water from loins of narrow bones and tight passages into a constricted womb which You have covered with veils; [22] You -azwj Turned me about from state to state until You Took me to the completion of the form and fixed within me the bodily parts, as You -azwj have described in Your -azwj Book: a drop, then a clot, then a tissue, then bones, then You -azwj Garmented the bones with flesh, then You -azwj Produced me as another creature as You -azwj Willed.

[23] 24- Then, when I needed Your -azwj Provision, and could not do without the aid of Your -azwj Bounty, You -azwj appointed for me a nourishment from the bounty of the food and drink which You -azwj Bestowed upon Your -azwj handmaid in whose belly You -azwj Gave me to rest and in the lodging of whose womb You -azwj deposited me.

25- You -azwj have Entrusted me in those states, my Lord -azwj , to my own force or driven me to have recourse to my own strength, force would have been removed from me and strength taken far away. So You -azwj have Fed me through Your -azwj Bounty with the food of the Good, the Gentle; You have Done that for me in graciousness toward me up to this my present point. I do not lack Your -azwj Goodness, nor does Your -azwj Benefaction keep me waiting.

Yet with all that, my trust has not become firm enough that I might free myself for that which is more favoured by You -azwj . 27- Satan -la has taken possession of my reins through my distrust and frail certainty. I complain of his evil neighbourhood with me and my soul’s obedience toward him!