Your tremendous bounty. For You have power whereas I have none; You know whereas I do not; and You are the Knower of the unseen.

O Allah, if You know that this matter is good for me with regard to my religion, my livelihood, and the ultimate outcome of my affair, then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. But if You know that this matter is bad for me with regard to my religion, my livelihood, and the ultimate outcome of my affair, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it. Decree for me what is good wherever it may be, and then make me content with it.” He—peace and blessings be upon him—added, “Then he should mention his need.”

Thus the servant is instructed to say: “I seek guidance from Your knowledge, I seek strength from Your power, and I ask You from Your tremendous bounty.”

Now, if you say, “He is closer to Allah than you are and higher in rank with Allah than you,” that is indeed true; yet it is a truth employed for a false purpose. His being nearer and higher in station only means that Allah will reward him and grant him more than He grants you. It does not mean that if you call upon him