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Prayers and Meditations — Paragraph 274

Source (Arabic)

قَرابَتِي بَعْدَ الَّذِيْ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ بِأَنِّي أَحْبَبْتُهُمْ وَاخْتَرْتُ لَهُمْ ما اخْتَرْتُ لِنَفْسِيْ، وَلَمَّا وَجَدُونِي فِي السِّجْنِ ارْتَكبُوا فِي حَقِّي ما لا ارْتَكبَ أَحَدٌ فِي أَرْضِكَ، إِذًا أَسْئَلُكَ يا إِلهِي بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ فَصَّلْتَ بَيْنَ النَّفْيِ وَالإِثْباتِ ب

Translation

I was, moreover, opposed by mine own kindred, although, as Thou knowest, they were dear to me and I had desired for them that which I had desired for mine own self. These are the ones who, when learning that I had been cast into prison, perpetrated against me what no man else on earth had perpetrated.