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the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful  Oh God, Oh He
Who extended the morning's tongue in the speech of its
stammering, made firm the structure of the turning spheres in
the  measures of its display and beamed forth the brightness of
the sun  through the light of its blazing! Oh He, Who
demonstrates His Essence  by His Essence, transcends
congeniality with His creatures and is  exalted beyond
conformity with His qualities! Oh He Who is near to the  passing
thoughts of opinions, far from the regards of eyes and knows
what will be before it comes to be! Oh He, Who has put me at
ease in   kindness that He has bestowed upon me and hell from
the claws of evil  with His hand and His force! Bless, oh God,
the guide to You in the  darkest night, him who, of Your ropes,
clings to the cord of the longest  nobility, him whose glory is
evident at the summit of stout shoulders and   and [bless] his
household, the good, the chosen, the pious, And