Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 116
اللّهُـمَّ اهْـدِنـي فـيمَنْ هَـدَيْـت، وَعـافِنـي فـيمَنْ عافَـيْت، وَتَوَلَّـني فـيمَنْ تَوَلَّـيْت، وَبارِكْ لـي فـيما أَعْطَـيْت، وَقِـني شَرَّ ما قَضَـيْت، فَإِنَّـكَ تَقْـضي وَلا يُقْـضى عَلَـيْك ، إِنَّـهُ لا يَـذِلُّ مَنْ والَـيْت، [ وَلا يَعِـزُّ مَن عـادَيْت ]، تَبـارَكْـتَ رَبَّـنا وَتَعـالَـيْت
O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, grant me well-being among those You have granted well-being, take me into Your care among those You have taken into Your care, and bless for me what You have given. Protect me from the evil of what You have decreed, for You decree and none can decree against You. Surely, none whom You take into Your care is humiliated, [and none whom You oppose can prevail]. Blessed are You, our Lord, and Exalted.
Translation notes
وَعـافِنـي فـيمَنْ عافَـيْت
The witness renders this as ‘strengthen me’; the Arabic is from the root ʿāfā and more directly asks for well-being or safety.
Should this be rendered as ‘well-being’ or follow the witness’s ‘strength’?
وَلا يَعِـزُّ مَن عـادَيْت
The source brackets this clause as a variant; the witness renders it as ‘none whom You have taken as an enemy shall taste glory.’
Should this bracketed variant be retained as translated, and how should yaʿizzu be rendered in this context?