۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
Wa Ayyooba iz naadaa Rabbahooo annee massaniyad durru wa Anta arhamur raahimeen
And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful."
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21:83Ayah 1112
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And mention Job Ayyūba is substituted by the following idh nādā rabbahu … when he called out to his Lord — after he had been afflicted with the loss of all of his possessions and children the laceration of his body his being shunned by all except his wife for a period of thirteen seventeen or eighteen years as well as the affliction of enduring a straitened means of livelihood — ‘Indeed read annī because of the implicit yā’ of the first person pronoun harm adversity has befallen me and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful’.
Related Hadiths
“Whenever a matter would distress him, the Prophet (ﷺ) would say: ‘O Living, O Self-Sustaining Sustainer! In Your Mercy do I seek relief (Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūm, bi-raḥmatika astaghīth).’” And with this chain, that he said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Be constant with: “O Possessor of Majesty and Honor (Yā Dhal-Jalāli wal-Ikrām).’”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Once while Job (Aiyub) was taking a bath in a naked state. Suddenly a great
number of gold locusts started falling upon him and he started collecting them in his clothes. His Lord
called him, 'O Job! Didn't I make you rich enough to dispense with what you see now?' Job said, 'Yes,
O Lord! But I cannot dispense with Your Blessings.'
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "While Job was naked, taking a bath, a swarm of gold locusts fell on him and he
started collecting them in his garment. His Lord called him, 'O Job! Have I not made you rich enough
to need what you see? He said, 'Yes, O Lord! But I cannot dispense with your Blessing."'
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'While Ayyub, peace be upon him, was bathing naked, locusts of gold landed on him and he started to collect them in his garment. Then his Lord called him (saying): "O Ayyub, did I not make you rich?" he said: "Yes, O Lord, but I cannot do without Your blessing."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) Job (Aiyub) was taking a bath naked,
golden locusts began to fall on him. Job started collecting them in his clothes. His Lord addressed
him, 'O Job! Haven't I given you enough so that you are not in need of them.' Job replied, 'Yes!' By
Your Honor (power)! But I cannot dispense with Your Blessings.' "
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