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And the wolf, as if. He asked Him for safety from affliction and protection from the wolves that afflict him, and the severity that befalls the soul. For God Almighty said: "And whatever strikes you of an affliction is because of what your hands have earned." And God Almighty said: "And We will make them taste of the punishment." The interpretation of "al-'afiyah" is that God does not entrust the servant to himself, and that He takes care of him. And the supplication for "al-'afiyah" and the encouragement to seek it are abundant in the hadith, and that the servants are given after certainty and sincerity. The most excellent of them is forgiveness and "al-'afiyah." Al-Tirmidhi said: "Forgiveness is for the Hereafter, and 'al-'afiyah' is for this world, and each of them is a branch of the other." And it is said that it means not falling into sin, and not being afflicted by hardships, trials, and adversities in this world or the Hereafter. And in the chapter of Ibn Majah, from Abu Hurayrah, may God be pleased with him, he said: I said, "O Messenger of God, peace be upon him, teach me something that I may ask God Almighty for." He said: "Say: O God, I ask You for forgiveness and 'al-'afiyah' in religion, this world, and the Hereafter. O God, grant us goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." They said: Amen. And it was narrated in some versions: "O God, grant us goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." "Al-sitr" means concealment, and it is broken. "Al-jameel" means the good and beautiful that is hidden. "May You conceal from me every evil, and from what it inflicts and anticipates." And the implied "al-fa'ul" is the one who is reached. "Al-mutawassil ilayhi" means not falling into transgressions, and avoiding hardships, trials, and accountability in the Hereafter for bad deeds. And it is the weapon of the believer, and one of the prayers of the Prophet, peace be upon him. He said it three times. And this is not in the easy version. "O God, I ask You by Your Great Name, this prayer that is recited." Whoever reads this prayer and finds its reward in the book, its form is: "S. 'A. S." The "sad" and the "ayn" are unpointed. And he said in one of them: "The meaning of the 'sad' and the 'ayn' here is the prayer that is sufficient for whoever wants to limit himself to it on Friday and time is tight for him." And it is until his saying: "And our master, Sayyid Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, the Sheikh Abu Affan al-Daghawghi, buried in al-Maqarradah, from the people of sainthood and gnosis, and great status, and it is said that they are among the companions of the author himself, and it is said that he is among the followers of the Sheikh. And perhaps he narrated from them, may God be pleased with them. And this is what I have written from the handwriting of Sheikh al-Jilani, what he mentioned about him. And this prayer was found by me in its likely place in Shifa' Ibn Sib'i. I did not find it with any of our scholars. And his saying: "By Your right," meaning Your decree, and "by Your light," meaning Your essence. And Sheikh of our Sheikhs, Muhammad al-Jazari, may God have mercy on him, said: O God, I ask You and my Lord, and Your spirit.