19. His Supplication in Perils

His Supplication when Perils were Repelled or Requests quickly granted
1 O God,
to Thee belongs praise for Thy excellent accomplishment
and for Thy trial which Thou hast turned away from me!
But make not my share of Thy mercy
the well-being which Thou hast quickly granted to me,
lest I become wretched through what I have loved
and someone else gain felicity through what I have disliked!96
2 If this well-being in which 1 pass the day or night should precede
a trial that does not cease
and a burden that does not pass away,
then set before me what Thou hadst set behind
and set behind me what Thou hadst set before!
3 For that which ends in annihilation is not great
and that which ends in subsistence is not little.
And bless Muhammad and his Household!