Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 107

(Ayah 107) {وَ اِنْ يَّمْسَسْكَ اللّٰهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهٗۤ اِلَّا هُوَ …:} Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I was one day riding behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: [ يَا غُلاَمُ ! إِنِّيْ أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ احْفَظِ اللّٰهَ يَحْفَظْكَ، احْفَظِ اللّٰهَ تَجِدْهٗ تُجَاهَكَ، إِذَا سَأَلْتَ فَاسْأَلِ اللّٰهَ، وَإِذَا اسْتَعَنْتَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللّٰهِ، وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ الْأُمَّةَ لَوِ اجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَی أَنْ يَنْفَعُوْكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَنْفَعُوْكَ إِلاَّ بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللّٰهُ لَكَ، وَ إِنِ اجْتَمَعُوْا عَلٰی أَنْ يَضُرُّوْكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَضُرُّوْكَ إِلاَّ بِشَيْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكَ، رُفِعَتِ الأَقْلاَمُ وَجَفَّتِ الصُّحُفُ ] [ ترمذی، صفۃ القیامۃ، باب : ۲۵۱۶ ۔ مسند أحمد : 293/1، ح :۲۶۷۳، و صححہ الأئمۃ ] "O boy! I am going to teach you some words: Be mindful of Allah, He will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, you will find Him before you. When you ask, ask from Allah, and when you seek help, seek help from Allah. And know that if all the people were to gather together to benefit you with something, they would not benefit you except with what Allah has written for you. And if they were to gather together to harm you with something, they would not harm you except with what Allah has written against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried." Some scholars have said that if someone has firm conviction in three verses of the Noble Qur'an, then, insha'Allah, he will become independent of the creation. The first is this verse, the second: «{ مَا يَفْتَحِ اللّٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ رَّحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَاوَ مَا يُمْسِكْ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهٗ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ }» [ فاطر : ۲ ] "Whatever mercy Allah opens for the people, none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds, none can release it thereafter. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." And the third: «{ وَ مَا مِنْ دَآبَّةٍ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا عَلَى اللّٰهِ رِزْقُهَا وَ يَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَ مُسْتَوْدَعَهَا }» [ ہود : ۶ ] "And there is no moving creature on earth but its provision is upon Allah, and He knows its dwelling place and its deposit." Al-Bayhaqi has narrated in Shu'ab al-Iman the saying of 'Amir bin Qais that three verses of the Qur'an have made me independent of all the worlds, and then he mentioned the above three verses. The chain of this narration is weak, but in terms of the content of the verses, the main point is undoubtedly correct.