“My Lord! Forgive me. Indeed, You are the Bestower.”
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ
Rabbi ighfir lee,innaka antal-wahhab
Surah Saad, verse 35
This is the supplication of Prophet Sulayman Alaihissalaam.
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Word-by-word Meanings:
| Transliteration | Arabic | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Rabbi | رَبِّ | My Lord |
| ighfir | اغْفِرْ | Forgive |
| lee | لِي ۖ | me |
| innaka | إِنَّكَ | indeed You |
| anta | أَنتَ | (You) |
| al-wahhab | الْوَهَّابُ | (are) The Bestower |
Allah tested Sulayman Alaihissalaam,then made Things easy for Him
(34. And indeed, We tried Sulayman and We placed on his throne Jasad (a body), and he returned.)
He turned back to Him and asked for forgiveness
(35. He said: “My Lord! Forgive me, and bestow upon me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me. Verily, You are the Bestower.”)
(36. So, We subjected to him the wind; it blew gently by his order wherever he willed,)
Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “When Sulayman, peace be upon him, slaughtered the horses out of anger for the sake of Allah, Allah compensated him with something better and swifter, the wind whose morning was a month’s (journey), and its afternoon was a month’s (journey).”
Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said:
(An `Ifrit from among the Jinn came and bothered me last night- or he said something similar -Trying to stop me from praying. Allah enabled me to overpower him, and I wanted to tie him to one of the pillars in the Masjid so that you could see him this morning. Then I remembered what my brother Sulayman said, (My Lord! Forgive me and bestow upon me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me)) he said, “so he let him go, humiliated.” ) This was also recorded by Muslim and An-Nasa’i.
