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And I was not straight so what then is the use of my saying to you:

"Be straight!"

I have made no provisions of voluntary worship before death,

neither did I offer the prayer nor fast other than that which was obligatory.

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3RD SECTION: PRAISING THE PROPHET

I harmed by neglect, the way of the Prophet, who revived the night (in worship),

until his feet complained of injury due to their swelling.

And around his stomach he tied and bound, on account of hunger,
a stone upon his delicate skin.