Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31502 — Reports from Abdullah bin Mas'ud

Al-Aswad bin Yazid said that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Allah says: "Whoever has a covenant with Me, let him stand." His students said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, then teach us this as well." He said: Recite these words, all of you: "O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the hidden and the manifest, surely I make a covenant with You in the life of this world: if You leave me to my own deeds, they will bring me near to evil and take me far from good. I place my trust in nothing except Your mercy, so keep my covenant with You, and fulfil it on the Day of Resurrection. Surely You do not break Your promise."