أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
Aw taqoola law annal laaha hadaanee lakuntu minal muttaqeen
Or [lest] it say, "If only Allah had guided me, I would have been among the righteous."
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Day of Judgment
39:57Ayah 175
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or before that it should say ‘If only God had guided me to obedience and I had become guided I would have been among those who have feared’ His chastisement;
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"And make right guidance easy for me." The narrator did not say: "my right guidance".
Abu Dawud said: Sufyan heard eighteen traditions from 'Amr b. Murrah.
Were it not (that I fear) it may be part of sadaqa, I would have eaten it.
If I had not heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "You should not long for death," I would have longed (for it).
“If I had not
embraced it, it would have continued to grieve until the Day of
Resurrection.”
"If I live- if Allah wills - I will forbid the names Rabah(profit), Najih(saved), Aflah (Successful), Nafi (beneficial) and Yasar(prosperity)."
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