Chapter 78

Remembrance 1 from Chapter 78

Du‘ā’ against affliction and du‘ā’ for important concerns

Arabic
Arabic text from the source edition
Romanisation

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-‘Aẓīmu-l-Ḥalīm, lā ilāha illa-llāhu Rabbu-l-‘Arshi-l-‘aẓīm, lā ilāha illa-llāhu, Rabbu-s-samāwāti wa Rabbu-l-arḍi Rabbu-l-‘Arshi-l-karīm.

Context

WE RELATE FROM the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim that Ibn ‘Abbās Honorific symbol reported that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol used to say in times of difficulty: “There is no god but Allah, the Tremendous, the Clement. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth and Lord of the Noble Throne.” [1].And in a narration of Muslim there is, “When the Prophet Honorific symbol was distressed by some concern . . . he would say that.” His words ‘ḥazabahu amrun’ mean ‘when an important matter arose’ or ‘when he was afflicted by distress’.

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References
[1] Al-Bukhārī (6345), Muslim (2730), at-Tirmidhī (3431), and an-Nasā’ī (652).

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