1361 – Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say,
‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the withdrawal of Your favor, the loss of the well-being You have granted, the sudden onset of Your punishment, and every manifestation of Your wrath.’ ” Recorded by Muslim.⦗1⦘

Vocabulary of the ḥadith
• zawāl niʿmatik (the withdrawal of Your favor): zawāl means disappearance or passing away, while niʿmah is the benefit bestowed upon another as an act of pure kindness and generosity.
• taḥawwul ʿāfiyatik (the loss—lit. the change—of Your well-being): its change, meaning that the well-being does not shift to its opposite, namely illness.
• fujāʾat niqmatik (the suddenness of Your punishment): pronounced with fatḥah on the fāʾ and a still jīm, in its shortened form; some read it with ḍammah on the fāʾ and fatḥah on the jīm with a lengthened vowel, fu-jāʾah. It refers to being seized all of a sudden without any forewarning.