His Supplication for the People of the Frontiers

1- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, fortify the frontiers of the Muslims through Thy might, support their defenders through Thy strength, and lavish upon them gifts through Thy wealth! 2- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, increase their number, hone their weapons, guard their territory, defend their midst, unite their throng, arrange their affair, send them supplies in a steady string, undertake Thyself to suffice them with provisions, support them with victory, help them with patience, and give them subtlety in guile! 1 3- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, give them the knowledge of that of which they are ignorant, teach them what they do not know, and show them what they do not see! 4- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, make them forget when they meet the enemyto remember this cheating and delusive world of theirs, erase from their hearts the thought of enchanting possessions, place the Garden before their eyes, and display to their sight that part of itwhich Thou hast prepared for them- the homes of everlastingness and mansions of honour, the beautiful houris, the rivers gushing forth with all sorts of drinks, the trees hanging, low with all kinds of fruits -lest any of them think of turning his backor suggest to himself to flee his opponent! 5- O God, defeat their enemy through that, trim their nails from them, separate them from their weapons, pull out the firm ties from their hearts, keep them far away from their stores, bewilder them in their roads, turn them astray from their direction, cut off reinforcements from them, chop them down in numbers, fill their hearts with terror, hold back their hands from stretching forth, tie back their tongues from speaking, scatter by them the ones behind them2make them a lesson for those beyond them, and through their degradationcut off the hopes of those who come after them! 6- O God, make the wombs of their women barren, dry up the loins of their men, cut off the breeding of their mounts and their cattle, and permit not their sky to rain or their earth to grow! 7- O God, through thatstrengthen the prowess3of the People of Islam, fortify their cities, increase their properties, give them ease from their fighting to worship Theeand from their warfare to be alone with Thee, so that none will be worshipped in the regions of the earth but Theeand no forehead of theirs may be rubbed in dustfor less than Thee! 8- O God, send ou