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He said, 'You will find me, Allahu ta’ālā willing, patient, and I will not disobey, in other words, and [you will also find me] non-disobedient [towards], you in any matter', with which you charge me. He [Moses] made this [statement] conditional upon the Will [of Allahu ta’ālā] because he was not confident of himself in what he had committed himself to. Indeed, this is the custom of prophets and saints, namely, that they do not put their trust in themselves for a single moment.