She urges him not to drink wine "on account of your illness. . . May God protect us from illness while separated (al-maraḍ fī l-ghurba). . .
I inform you, my dear son—may God reunite me with you soon in accordance with His wish, and so may it be His will—I inform you that many letters would not suffice if I were to try to describe the anxiety, the loneliness, the solitude, and the worry that I have experienced on your
account. My
anxiety since your departure on Friday renews itself each moment, and there is no escape, for such is God’s judgment, and at night [I have] disquieting dreams and insomnia.