[Machine] Abdullah read, "{Except for those who take a covenant with the Merciful}." He said, Allah says on the Day of Resurrection, "Whoever has a covenant with Me, let him arise." They said, "O Abu Abdullah, teach us." He said, "Say, 'O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, I make a covenant with You in this worldly life that if You entrust me to myself, You will bring me closer to evil and distance me from good. And I have no trust except in Your mercy, so make it a covenant for me with You that You fulfill it for me on the Day of Resurrection, for You do not fail in Your promise.'" Zakariya ibn Yahya narrated from Al-Qasim, "Fearful, seeking refuge, seeking forgiveness, desiring to be close to You."
قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ {إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَهْدًا} قَالَ يَقُولُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ عِنْدِي عَهْدٌ فَلْيَقُمْ قَالُوا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَعَلِّمْنَا قَالَ قُولُوا اللهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ إِنِّي أعْهَدُ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا أَنَّكَ إِنْ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي تُقَرِّبْنِي مِنَ الشَّرِّ وَتُبَاعِدْنِي مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَإِنِّي لَا أَثِقُ إِلَّا بِرَحْمَتِكَ فَاجْعَلْهُ لِي عِنْدَكَ عَهْدًا تُؤَدِّيهِ إِلَيَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ قَالَ وَزَادَ فِيهَا زَكَرِيَّا أَبُو يَحْيَى عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ «خَائِفًا مُسْتَجِيرًا مُسْتَغْفِرًا رَاغِبًا إِلَيْكَ»