may god protect us and you from confusion and may he not burden us with what we cannot bear and provide us with a guide from his beautiful help to obey him and grant us from his success a discipline that turns us away from his disobedience and may he not leave us to the weakness of our resolve the weakness of our strength the frailty of our structure the hesitation of our opinions the badness of our choices the lack of our discernment and the corruption of our desires for your letter has reached me from the city of almeria to my residence in the presence of xatiba mentioning from your good state what pleases me and i praised god almighty.
عصمنا الله وإياك من الحيرة، ولا حملنا ما لا طاقة لنا به، وقيض لنا من جميل عونه دليلا هاديا إلى طاعته، ووهبنا من توفيقه أدبا صارفا عن معاصيه، ولا وكلنا إلى ضعف عزائمنا، وخور قوانا، ووهاء بنيتنا، وتلدد آرائنا ، وسوء اختيارنا، وقلة تمييزنا، وفساد أهوائنا فإن كتابك وردني من مدينة المرية إلى مسكني بحضرة شاطبة ، تذكر من حسن حالك ما يسرني، وحمدت الله عز وجل