Did He not find you an orphan and give ˹you˺ refuge?  

أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَىٰ  

And He found you lost and guided ˹you˺,  

وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَىٰ  

And He found you poor and made ˹you˺ self-sufficient.  

وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَىٰ  

Did We not expand for you, ˹O Muhammad˺, your breast?  

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ  

And We removed from you your burden  

وَوَضَعْنَا عَنْكَ وِزْرَكَ  

Which had weighed upon your back  

الَّذِي أَنْقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ  

that the Prophet ﷺ said, "I asked Allah a question that I would have liked that I had not asked Him. I mentioned the Prophets of my Lord and I said: O my Lord, You subdued the wind for Sulaymān (Solmon), and You spoke to Mūsá (Moses). Then Allah ﷻ said, 'Did I not find you an orphan and I gave you refuge? And lost and I guided you? And poor and made you self-sufficient?'" He said: "I said: Yes. I would have liked that I had not asked."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ مَسْأَلَةً وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ سَأَلْتُهُ ذَكَرْتُ رُسُلَ رَبِّي فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ سَخَّرْتَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ الرِّيحَ وَكَلَّمْتَ مُوسَى فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَآوَيْتُكَ وَضَالًّا فَهَدَيْتُكَ وَعَائِلًا فَأَغْنَيْتُكَ؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَوَدِدْتُ أَنْ لَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ  

“Why are you weeping?” He said: “I am weeping because of something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘A little showing off is polytheism and whoever shows enmity towards a friend of Allah has declared war on Allah. Allah loves those who se righteousness and piety are hidden, those who, if they are absent, are not missed, and if they are present, they are not invited or acknowledged. Their hearts are lamps of guidance and they get out of every trial and difficulty.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3989)   

أَنَّ عُمَرَ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ يَوْمًا فَوَجَدَ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ عِنْدَ قَبْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَبْكِي فَقَالَ مَا يُبْكِيكَ يَا مُعَاذُ؟ قَالَ يُبْكِينِي حَدِيثٌ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْيَسِيرُ مِنَ الرِّيَاءِ شِرْكٌ وَمَنْ عَادَى أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ بَارَزَ اللَّهَ بِالْمُحَارَبَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْأَبْرَارَ الْأَتْقِيَاءَ الْأَخْفِيَاءَ الَّذِينَ إِنْ غَابُوا لَمْ يُفْتَقَدُوا وَإِنْ حَضَرُوا لَمْ يُعْرَفُوا قُلُوبُهُمْ مَصَابِيحُ الْهُدَى يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ غَبْرَاءَ مُظْلِمَةٍ»  

[Machine] I entered upon Aisha, the mother of the believers, and she said, "Indeed, Abu Bakr entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said to him, 'You are saved from the Fire.' Since that day, he was called 'Atiq'."  

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ «أَنْتَ عَتِيقٌ مِنَ النَّارِ» فَمِنْ يَوْمَئِذٍ سُمِّيَ عَتِيقًا  

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I asked my Lord a question that I would have liked that I had not asked Him. I said, O my Lord, there were Prophets before me: Prophets among them for whom You had subdued the winds, and among them who would raise the dead. He said: 'Did I not find you an orphan and I gave you refuge? And lost and I guided you? And poor and made you self-sufficient? Did I not expand your breast and removed from you your burden?'" He said, "I said: Of course, my Lord."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي مَسْأَلَةً وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ قُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ كَانَتْ قَبْلِي رُسُلٌ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ سَخَّرْتَ لَهُمُ الرِّيَاحَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ كَانَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فآوَيْتُكَ؟ أَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَيْتُكَ؟ أَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ عَائِلًا فَأَغْنَيْتُكَ؟ أَلَمْ أَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ وَوَضَعْتُ عَنْكَ وِزْرَكَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَبِّ ولَفْظُهُما وَاحِدٌ