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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 8

The Family of Imraan · Medinan · Juz 3 · Page 50

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ ﴿8﴾
(They say): "Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth) after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the Bestower."
رَبَّنَا rabbanā Our Lord
لَا (Do) not
تُزِغْ tuzigh deviate
قُلُوبَنَا qulūbanā our hearts
بَعْدَ baʿda after
إِذْ idh [when]
هَدَيْتَنَا hadaytanā You (have) guided us
وَهَبْ wahab and grant
لَنَا lanā (for) us
مِن min from
لَّدُنكَ ladunka Yourself
رَحْمَةً ۚ raḥmatan mercy
إِنَّكَ innaka Indeed You
أَنتَ anta You
ٱلْوَهَّابُ l-wahābu (are) the Bestower

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(Ayah 9,8) This is the supplication that those firmly grounded in knowledge continually make before Allah Almighty. Along with the prayer for steadfastness upon guidance, the certainty of being presented before Allah on the Day of Resurrection is always before their eyes. Their main effort and supplication are not for the world, but for the Hereafter. It is narrated from Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would often make this supplication: [ يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوْبِ ! ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِيْ عَلٰي دِيْنِكَ ] "O Turner of the hearts! Keep my heart firm upon Your religion." [ترمذی، الدعوات، باب دعاء یا مقلب القلوب ! … : ۳۵۲۲، وصححہ الألبانی ]

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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8. (And they pray,) “Our Lord! Do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself. Surely, You are the Bestower.”

[10] The way of those firmly grounded in knowledge is not only that they do not pursue the interpretation of the ambiguous verses, but they also pray to Allah that the thinking of those who are engrossed in the ambiguous verses and cause discord may not influence their own thinking, and that by His special mercy, He may protect them from the thoughts and beliefs of such troublemakers and grant them sound intellect and understanding.