4 Preface قالَ رَبِّ إِنّي وَهَنَ العَظمُ مِنّي وَاشتَعَلَ الرَّأسُ شَيبًا وَلَم أَكُن بِدُعائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّاAhmed AliAnd said: “O my Lord, my bones decay, my head is white and hoary, yet in calling You, O Lord, I have never been deprived.