Transliteration:( Wa qur Rabbi adkhilnee mudkhala sidqinw wa akhrijnee mukhraja sidqinw waj'al lee milladunka sultaanan naseeraa )
175. This means where I am to go should be with truth and from where I am to go out should be with honesty, exit from Makkah entry into Madina Munawwarah, go into the grave emerging from the grave on the Day of Judgement should be with dignity. Getting into worship and finishing from it should be with humility and fear of Allah Almighty (Tafseer Khazainul Irfaan). Whenever a believer decides to travel he should enter that place reciting this Dua.
176. Grant me such an army, servants, proofs with which I would be able to gain victory over the enemy from you From this we learn that he with whom Allah Almighty is pleased. He appoints good helpers for him.
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80. And say: “My Lord! Let my entry be good, and (likewise) my exit be good. And grant me from You a helping authority,†81. And say: “Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Surely, falsehood is ever bound to vanish.â€
Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Abbas said: The Prophet was in Makkah, then he was commanded to emigrate, and Allah revealed the words:
(And say: “My Lord! Let my entry be good, and (likewise) my exit be good. And grant me from You a helping authority.â€) At-Tirmidhi said, “This is Hasan Sahih.†Al-Hasan Al-Basri commented on this Ayah, “When the disbelievers of Makkah conspired to kill the Messenger of Allah , or expel him or imprison him, Allah wanted him to fight the people of Makkah, and commanded him to go to Al-Madinah. What Allah said was:
(And say: “My Lord! Let my entry be good, and (likewise) my exit be good…â€)
(And say: “My Lord! Let my entry be good…â€) means, my entry to Al-Madinah.
(and (likewise) my exit be good, ) means, my exit from Makkah. This was also the view of `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam.
(And grant me from You a helping authority.) Al-Hasan Al-Basri explained this Ayah; “His Lord promised to take away the kingdom and glory of Persia and give it to him, and the kingdom and glory of Byzantium and give it to him.†Qatadah said, “The Prophet of Allah knew that that he could not achieve this without authority or power, so he asked for authority to help him support the Book of Allah, the Laws of Allah, the obligations of Allah and to establish the religion of Allah. Authority is a mercy from Allah which He places among His servants, otherwise some of them would attack others, and the strong would consume the weak.†Alongside the truth, he also needed power and authority in order to suppress those who opposed and resisted him, hence Allah said:
(Indeed We have sent Our Messengers with clear proofs,) until His saying,
(And We brought forth iron) ï´¿57:25ï´¾
(And say: “Truth has come and falsehood has vanished…â€) This is a threat and a warning to the disbelievers of the Quraysh, for there has come to them from Allah the truth of which there can be no doubt and which they have no power to resist. This is what Allah has sent to them of the Qur’an, faith and beneficial knowledge. Their falsehood has perished or vanished and been destroyed, it cannot remain or stand firm in the face of the truth.
Nay, We fling the truth against the falsehood, so it destroys it, and behold, it dis- appears. Al-Bukhari recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said: The Prophet entered Makkah (at the Con- quest), and around the House (the Ka`bah) were three hundred and sixty idols. He started to strike them with a stick in his hand, saying,
(Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Surely falsehood is ever bound to vanish.) ï´¿17:81ï´¾
(Truth has come, and falsehood can neither create anything nor resurrect (anything).) ï´¿34:49ï´¾
99. This prayer clearly shows that the time of Hijrah (Migration) had come near. That is why Allah has instructed the Prophet (peace be upon him) to this effect: You should follow the truth wherever and in whatever condition you be. If you migrate from a place, you should migrate for the sake of the truth, and wherever you go, you should go for the sake of the truth.
100. That is, either grant me power and authority or make some government my helper so that I may use its power to reform the corrupt world. This is because power is required to check indecency and sin and to enforce the law of justice.
Hasan Basri and Qatadah have made the same interpretation of this verse, and the great commentators like Ibn Jarir and Ibn Kathir have adopted the same. This is supported by a tradition of the Prophet (peace be upon him): Allah eradicates by the power of government those evils, which are not eradicated by the teachings of the Quran. This is a clear proof that according to Islam, political power is also required to introduce reform, for admonition alone is not enough for this. Besides this, when Allah Himself has taught this prayer to His Prophet (peace be upon him) for the establishment of His way and enforcement of His law, it is not only lawful but desirable to acquire power and those, who consider this to be a worldly thing, are obviously in the wrong. What is really worldliness is that one should desire and acquire power for his own interest. On the contrary, the desire of power for the sake of Allah’s way is not the worship of the world but the worship of God.
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