[Machine] He read, "Except for those who take with their Lord a covenant" [Maryam 87]. So he said, "Take with the Merciful a covenant, for indeed Allah says on the Day of Resurrection, 'Whoever has a covenant with me, let him stand up.' So we said to him, 'O Abu Abdur Rahman, teach us.' He said, 'Say: O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, indeed I make a covenant with You in this worldly life that I bear witness that there is no deity except You alone, with no partner, and that Muhammad is Your servant and Messenger. Indeed, if You entrust me to myself, You will bring me near to evil and distance me from good. And indeed, I rely not upon anyone but Your mercy. So make it for me a covenant with You and fulfill it to me on the Day of Resurrection, for surely You do not fail in fulfilling the promise.'"
أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ {إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَهْدًا} [مريم 87] فَقَالَ اتَّخَذُوا عِنْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَهْدًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ عِنْدِي عَهْدٌ فَلْيَقُمْ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا فَعَلِّمْنَا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ قُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ إِنِّي أَعْهَدُ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي تُقَرِّبْنِي مِنَ الشَّرِّ وَتُبَاعِدْنِي مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَإِنِّي لَا أَثِقُ إِلَّا بِرَحْمَتِكَ فَاجْعَلْهُ لِي عِنْدَكَ عَهْدًا تُوَفِّيهِ إِلَيَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ