160 – Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Taymī narrated to me; Shurayḥ al-Ṣāʾidī narrated to me; I heard Yaḥyā ibn Bulyaq the porter—he was a client of Banū Wadiʿa ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn Lawin—say:

“We were on the road to Mecca when we were overtaken by severe thirst, so we hired a guide to lead us to a spot that was said to contain water. While we were travelling with only the scantiest supply of water left, just after dawn, we suddenly heard a voice calling out, ‘Will you not say [the invocation]?’

Yaḥyā said: I replied, ‘And what should we say?’

He answered:

‘O Allah, whatever blessing, well-being, or honor—whether in religion or in worldly life—that has come upon us in the past or is still reaching us in what remains, it is from You alone; You have no partner. To You belongs all praise for it; to You belongs every favor; to You belongs all grace. To You belongs praise equal to the number of favors You have granted us and all of Your creation, from the beginning until the limit of Your knowledge. There is no deity but You.’

Then he added, ‘This [supplication] covers everything from the first moment to everlasting.’”