The Light of Truth — Page 314
314 THE LIGHT OF TRUTH-PART ONE My Lord! O Lord of the weak and the distressed! Am I not from You? So speak, for You are the Most Excellent Speaker. Countless curses and edicts of disbelief [were directed towards me] and I was accused of fabrication. You heard all of this and You saw it too, O All-Powerful One! So judge between us with truth, and You indeed are Best of Judges. Save me from the ulama of evil and their utterings, and from their pride and their audacity, and deliver me from the unjust people. Send down help from the heavens and come to the aid of your servant who is suffering hardship, and rain down your punishment upon the disbelievers. I have become like the humiliated—exiled by their peo- ple and the object of reproach. So help me the way You helped Your Messenger at Badr on that fateful day, and safeguard me, O You who are the Best of Guardians. Verily, You are the Merciful Lord! You have obliged Yourself to show mercy, so grant me a share from it and show me Your help and have mercy on me, and turn to us with mercy. Surely You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. My Lord, save me from their evil designs and safeguard me from their wicked intentions and make me among those who are granted divine support. My Lord, relieve my suffering, make my end a good end, grant me my entreaty to the fullest, and show me the days that shall bring with them my happi- ness. Become mine, O my Lord! O Knower of my concerns and aims! Make me entirely devoted to You and grant me health, O God of the weak and vulnerable! Every person given to deceit has told lies about me, and every pris- oner of ignorance has called me a kāfir. I have nothing left to do besides taking refuge with You and seeking Your help and support. O Fulfiller of man's needs! Perhaps You shall return to me the day after my sun has all but set, and my heart has grown weary from sorrow. By God these cries of mine are neither for the loss of my youthful days of pleasure, nor for comfort and happiness; rather, they are only for the sake of Islam, which is under assault by its enemies. The sun of Islam has gone and the dark night through which it is passing has become prolonged. Mutual enmity, concealed in nature, has become prevalent among the sects of