How, many enemies had unsheathed their swords of hostility...

How, many enemies had unsheathed their swords of hostility against me, and sharpened their blades for me? And mixed potions with deadly poisons to kill me, and whetted for me its keen edge. Aiming at me his unfailing arrows! The enemy's vigilant eyes never ceases to watch me, hiding in his bosom his willful desire to harm me, and to feed me with the distasteful potion!

But you saw my weakness against the unbearable adversity, and my inability to defend against the one who intended to fight me, and my loneliness in the midst of numerous adversaries, who had planned such misery against me, of which I had not imagined! So, You initiated with Your help, and You affirmed my strength with Your power. Then You blunted his sharp blade and made him alone in spite of the multitude.

And You raised me above him, Then You caused his own plan to turn against him, You repelled him, but that did not quench his thirst for revenge, nor did it dampen the heat of his anger! He bit his hands and retreated, alone and deserted. And many a despot wronged me with his intrigue, setting up for me the traps to catch his victims, and appointing agents to investigate and watch me, hiding himself the way wild animals hide for their prey, waiting patiently for an opportunity to pounce.

Then I called upon You, O my Lord, appealing for Your help, with certainty about Your quick response, and the knowledge that whoever seeks refuge under Your shelter, will not be wronged; and whoever seeks refuge in Your bastions will have no fear. So You fortified me with Your might, against his evil. And many an evil cloud You have dispersed, and many an overwhelming suffering You have relieved, You are not questioned about Your acts!

But You were asked and You granted, and (even if) You were not asked, You initiated! And Your bounty was sought and You never turned it down. You have ordained nothing but good, while I have persisted in breaking through Your injunctions, trespassing the limits set by You and being heedless to Your warning! So all praise and thanks to You, O my Lord, the Mighty, Who cannot be overcome and, the Patient Who has no hurry.

This indeed is the place for one to confess ones default, and to testify against oneself its ruination. O Allah!