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  

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  

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

"سَأَلْتُ رَبَّى مَسْأَلَةً وَوَددْتُ (أَنِّى لَمْ أَكُنْ سأَلْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا؛ قُلْتُ: يا رب، إِنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ قَبْلِى رُسُلٌ، مِنْهُمْ مَنْ كَانَ يُحْيى الْمَوْتَى، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ سَخَّرْتَ لَهُ الرِّيحَ، فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ يتيما فأويتك؟ قلت بلى يا رب. قال: ألم أجدك ضَالًا فَهَدَيْتُكَ؟ قُلتُ بَلَى يَا رَبِّ. قَالَ أَلَمْ أَجِدْكَ عَائِلًا فأَغْنَيْتُكَ؟ قلت بلى يا رب، قَالَ: أَلم أَشرح لك صَدْرَكَ؟ أَلم أَضَعْ عَنْكَ وزْرَكَ الذى أَنقض ظهرك؟ أَلم أَرفع لك ذكرك؟ قلت: بلى يَا رَبِّ. فوددت أَنى لم أَسأَله".

ق في كر عن ابن عباس.