<Dl> <Dd> To Abu Hassan I offer condolences . </Dd> <Dd> At times of disaster and catastrophe </Dd> <Dd> God multiplies rewards for the patient . </Dd> <Dd> To be patient in misery </Dd> <Dd> Is equivalent to giving thanks for a gift . </Dd> <Dd> Among the blessings of God undoubtedly </Dd> <Dd> Is the preservation of sons </Dd> <Dd> And the death of daughters . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> To Abu Hassan I offer condolences . </Dd> <Dd> At times of disaster and catastrophe </Dd> <Dd> God multiplies rewards for the patient . </Dd>

In the eighth and ninth centuries under the abbasid caliphs muslim civilization