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Is the supplication: "O Allah, apportion for us out of Your fear that which will come between us and Your disobedience... and do not give power over us to those who will not show us mercy" a noble Hadith, and why was the intellect not mentioned in "And grant us enjoyment, O Allah, of our hearing, our sight, and our strength as long as You keep us alive," despite its importance?

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The mentioned supplication is a Prophetic Hadeeth which states: "O Allah, apportion for us a share of Your fear that will act as a barrier between us and disobedience to You, and a share of Your obedience that will enable us to reach Your Paradise, and a share of certainty that will make the misfortunes of this world easy for us. And grant us enjoyment of our hearing, our sight, and our strength as long as You keep us alive, and make them our heirs. And make our revenge upon those who have wronged us, and grant us victory over those who show enmity towards us. And do not make our affliction in our religion, and do not make this world our greatest concern, nor the extent of our knowledge. And do not let those who have no mercy over us gain power over us."

The meaning of "And grant us enjoyment of our hearing, our sight, and our strength as long as You keep us alive" is: make us benefit from them in Your obedience, and keep them healthy until death. Hearing and sight are specifically mentioned because they are the means of acquiring knowledge of Allah, and strength is requested to enable worship. The intellect is generally included within strength.

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