We are the distressed...

We are the distressed, the response to whom Thou hast made incumbent, the people from whom Thou hast promised to remove the evil.[^1] 5- That thing most resembling Thy will and that affair most worthy for Thee in Thy mightiness is showing mercy to him who asks Thee for mercy and helping him who seeks help from Thee. So show mercy upon our pleading with Thee and free us from need when we throw ourselves before Thee!

6- O God, Satan will gloat over us if we follow him in disobeying Thee, so bless Muhammad and his Household and let him not gloat over us after we have renounced him for Thee and beseeched Thee against him! [^1]: Reference to 27:62: He who responds to the distressed when he supplicates Him, and removes the evil. Previous…