Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Dua seeking good in this world and in the hereafter .





Dua seeking good in this world and in the hereafter .
رَبَّنَا آَتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآَخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Translation 
Rabbana aatina fiddunya hasanatan wafil akhirati hasanatan waqina adhabannaar: Our Lord, give us good in this life, and in the Hereafter, and protect us from the Hellfire.
It is narrated by Anas(radhi Allahu anhu):
The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) used to say, "O Allah! Our Lord! Give us in this world that, which is good and in the Hereafter that, which is good and save us from the torment of the Fire." اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا آَتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآَخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
(2.201).
Sahih Bukhari hadith 4563, book 65.
Ibn Al-Kathir also mentions in his tafsir that the Sunnah encourages us reciting this Dua (i.e., in the Ayah about gaining a good deed in this life and the Hereafter). When we ask for Hasana(goodness) in dunya, we think of all the good things we want to get in dunya but there is much more to it.
It includes all the the worldly things that are in our favor, it could be the opportunity to do good deeds in dunya, also more guidance in everything that we do, the ability to understand things, to have a good character , to be saved from being put in any trials at the last moments of our lives.
Hasanah in Akhirah means to start the journey of our next lives comfortably, to be able to give correct answers in the grave, to be able to receive glad tidings from angels, to be granted easy reckoning, to get the book of deeds in the right hand, to pass through the Sirat [bridge] with ease, to enter Jannah and to be able to see and meet Allah(s.w.t) inshaAllah.
Waqina azab annar means to be saved from experiencing the fire even for a fraction of a second.
Allah says such people who make this dua have their share in both worlds according to what they have earned.
Lets not just read this dua but make this dua keeping all this in mind with sincere heart and also work hard for it. Lets make this dunya a place to earn for the life hereafter.

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