To Allah we belong and to Him we return
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
"Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we will return."
Context
The words the Muslim speaks on hearing of any loss — of a person, of health, of any blessing. An encoding of tawakkul into reflex.
Virtue
The Prophet ﷺ said: whoever is struck by affliction and says these words, and says 'O Allah, reward me in my affliction and grant me something better,' Allah will reward him and grant him something better.
What the classical scholars said.
Passages from our audiobook library that reference this verse, its theme, or its vocabulary.
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"Absolute affliction in this world does not require patience because unbelief is an affliction,"
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"If affliction does exist, then what is the meaning of gratitude for affliction, particularly"
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"The affliction of the former is greater, even if they both share the affliction of being"
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"The absence of affliction is a blessing, and the absence of blessings is an affliction."
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"fully. The 16th affliction is gossip. Allah Almighty says, A slanderer going about with gossip, and then"
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"The sixth affliction, speaking with affectation, grand eloquence, forced rhyming, and pretentiousness,"
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"the words of return to Allah and said, A concealment that Allah covered and a provision that Allah"
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"By doing this, you combine the reward of advising with the reward of grieving over his affliction"
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"So I shall not repose in it, for its living is troublesome, its purity is mixed with affliction,"
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"your affliction dire, your persistence extensive, and all stratagems and excuses have diminished"
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"While Ali was saying, O Allah, grant me patience in affliction, and the Prophet said, You have"
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"their bankruptcy, every afflicted their affliction, and people are relieved from amending it."
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"mercy towards the interpretative strivers, for mercy corresponds to the extent of affliction."
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"A sign of safety from the affliction of insincerity is when one's thoughts remain consistent,"
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"remembering the torment of the Hereafter. This is one of the reasons why affliction was made"
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"spends amassed wealth without sin, shows mercy to the people of affliction, and mingles with"
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"No one among the servants is free from this affliction, except those whom God has preserved."
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"Fudayl said, I wish to fall ill without visitors, and he said, I only dislike affliction due"
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