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What is success?

29 Sep 2018 - 2:16 PM
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Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned:

“True success is that Allāh does not leave you to your own devices.”

The Prophet taught us to say at difficult times:

“O Allāh, I only hope for Your Mercy. Do not leave me to my own devices for the blinking of an eye…” Abū Dawūd

اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِح لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ.

Written by Hassan Somali -Allah preserve him-


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Transcriber's note: Added for the benefit of New Muslims ( i.e non-Arabic speaker) for easy memorization of the above du’aa:

Invocation for anguish

اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِح لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ. -١٢٣

Allaahumma rahmataka ‘arjoo falaa takilnee ‘ilaa nafsee tarfata ‘aynin, wa ‘aslih lee sha’nee kullahu, laa’ilaaha ‘illaa ‘Anta.
(O Allāh, I hope for Your mercy. Do not leave to myself even for the blinking of an eye (i.e. a moment). Correct all of my affairs for me. There is none worthy of worship but You.)[1]

[1] Abu Dawud 4/324, Ahmad 5/42. Al-Albāni graded it as good in Sahih Abu Dawud 3/959.

SOURCE: Fortress of the Muslim Invocation from the Qur’ān and Sunnah Compiled by Sa’ īd bin Wahf Al-Qahtani, pages 143-144, DARUSSALAM,  7th Edition 2008