Stand Firm in Faith

For a Heart Firm upon Allah’s Religion

Repetition guidance: 1x

يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوْبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِيْ عَلَىٰ دِيْنِكَ

Transliteration

Yā Muqalliba-l-qulūbi thabbit qalbī ʿalā dīnik.

Translation

O Turner of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.

Virtue and context

Shahr ibn Hawshab asked Umm Salamah (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhā), Mother of the Believers, which supplication the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said most frequently when he was with her. She replied that he often said, “O Turner of the hearts, keep my heart firm upon Your religion.” When Umm Salamah asked why he made this supplication so often, the Prophet ﷺ explained that every human heart is between two of the fingers of Allah: He keeps steadfast whomever He wills and allows to deviate whomever He wills. Muʿadh then recited the Qur’anic supplication asking Allah not to let hearts deviate after He has guided them and to grant mercy from Him.

Sources

Jami at-Tirmidhi 3522 on Sunnah.com