Turn your face to God, for things are in a dangerous condition.
Yet, even in your present state,
my friend, do not give up hope,
but look to God and give yourself up to Its will.
You thought your own strength of spirit proceeded from yourself,
just as ‘Abbas and the prisoners did,
thus you have fallen into weakness.
But do not give up hope, because He, who can produce weakness
from strength, can bring forth an even greater
strength from this weakness.
Just as Muhammed 
rejoiced during the prisoners’ grief,
so too I find joy in your present embarrassment,
because from this weakness and suffering can come something
greater than has been lost.
Therefore, do not give up hope, for “Of God’s comfort no one despairs,
Except the unbelievers.”
- Rumi -
