His words, “Take me into Your care among those whom You have taken into Your care,” constitute a request to Allah for His complete care, which entails divine enablement, aid, victory, guidance to what is right, and protection from everything that angers Allah. This is exemplified by His words: “Allah is the Guardian of those who believe, bringing them out of darkness into light” 1; His words: “Indeed, my Guardian is Allah, who sent down the Book, and He takes the righteous into His care” 2; His words: “Allah is the Guardian of the believers” 3; and His words: “Allah is the Guardian of the God-fearing” 4. This is a special guardianship granted to them, entailing their protection, victory, support, assistance, and preservation from evils. This is also indicated by the words of this supplication: “Indeed, no one You take into Your care is humiliated.” That is, he is aided, mighty, and victorious because You have taken him into Your care. This draws attention to the fact that anyone who suffers humiliation among people does so to the extent that he has been deprived of Allah’s care. With Allah’s complete care, all humiliation vanishes. Even if everyone throughout the earth were unleashed against him, he would remain mighty and never humiliated.

His words, “Bless me in what You have given me”: blessing is abundant and enduring good. This is therefore a request that Allah place blessing in everything He has given a person—whether knowledge, wealth, children, a home, or anything else—by making it endure, increasing it for him, preserving it, and keeping it safe from harm.

His words, “Protect me from the evil of what You have decreed,” mean: from the evil of that which You have decreed. Allah Most High may decree an evil for consummate wisdom. Evil exists in some of His created beings, but not in His creating or His action, for His action and creating are entirely good. This supplication therefore includes asking Allah for protection from evils, safety from harm, and preservation from afflictions and tribulations.