AND ES-SINDIBAD OF THE LAND 3

and said, ‘“‘Extolled be Thy perfection, O Lord!
O Creator! O Supplier of the conveniences of
life! Thou suppliest whom Thou wilt without
reckoning! O Allah, I implore Thy forgiveness
of all offences, and turn to Thee repenting of all
faults! O Lord, there is no animadverting upon
Thee with respect to Thy judgment and Thy power;
for Thou art not to be questioned regarding that
which Thou doest, and Thou art able to do what-
soever Thou wilt! Extolled be Thy perfection!
Thou enrichest whom Thou wilt, and whom Thou
wilt Thou impoverishest! Thou magnifiest whom
Thou wilt, and whom Thou wilt Thou abasest !
There is no deity but Thou! How great is Thy
_ dignity! and how mighty is Thy dominion! and
how excellent is Thy government! Thou hast
bestowed favours upon him whom Thou choosest
among Thy servants, and the owner of this place
is in the utmost affluence, delighting himself with
pleasant odours and delicious meats and exquisite
beverages of all descriptions. And Thou hast
appointed unto Thy creatures what Thou wilt, and
‘what Thou hast predestined for them; so that
among them one is weary, and another is at ease;
and one of them is prosperous, and another is
like me, in the extreme of fatigue and abjec-
tion!” And he recited thus :—