Hārūn ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to me, Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir al-Ḍubaʿī narrated to us, from al-Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān, who said:

Jacob once met a man who said to him, “O ⦗52⦘ Jacob, why do I no longer see you as you used to be?” He replied, “Long years and many sorrows.”

Later another passer-by met him and said, “Say: ‘O Allah, for every matter of my worldly life and my Hereafter that troubles or distresses me, grant me relief and a way out. Forgive me my sins, make my hope in You firm within my heart, and sever that hope from all besides You, so that I place my hope in none but You.’”