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We, the strangers cut off from our kin, rely on Allah, and with Allah, we entrust ourselves to what we cannot bear. With Allah, we seek refuge from the enemy, the great and the small. With Allah, we seek guidance in this great calamity. Our Lord, pour patience upon us, make our feet firm, and grant us victory over the disbelievers. There is no refuge for this nation in times of hardship after Allah, except for their Muslim brethren, their brothers in faith, and those who share the milk of the oneness of God, and their partners in the inheritance of the Muhammadan call, and the virtuous who do not find life with the oppression of the tyrant and what is in his realm, nor do they find pleasure in comfort with the suffering of loved ones. May our knowledge of your proximity reach us, and may the sincere love that deviates from falsehood and embraces necessity for Islam, and a reminder of the obligation of humility for those who hope to meet their Lord among the Muslims. So the answer came from them with what satisfies hearts in assistance, support, generosity, and promptness in initiating and determining aid. And Allah does not waste the reward of those who do good. And you are the ones who compete in good, race in righteousness, desire the continuation of remembrance, acceptance of closeness, and the pleasure of Allah in His servants and the Messenger in his nation. And in that, let us strive, for we have hoped. And we own nothing but ourselves, and we have offered them in the path of Allah and fulfilled the right of calling Muslims to arms and inviting them. So, O Allah, O Allah, concerning the Muslims, after the evening.