in response to your sms: a prayer

O God!

I ask you,

By Your knowledge of the Unseen,

And Your control over the creation:

Give me life as long as You know that life is best for me,

And take me when death is best for me.

O God!

I also ask of You fear of You, in secret and in open;

I ask of You the word of Truth and justice in anger and in pleasure;

I ask of You moderation in poverty and affluence;

I ask of You joy which does not fade;

I ask of You pleasure which does not pass away, nor that which ceases;

I ask of You contentment with Your decree;

I ask of You coolness of life after death;

I ask of You the delight of looking towards Your Face;

And I ask of You eagerness towards meeting You, not in harmful adversity, nor in misleading afflictions.

O God!

Adorn us with the decoration of faith, and make us those who guide and are guided.