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The Madinan Period, Part 11: The Battle of Uḥud, Part Three

Section 6 of 14 · The Life of the Prophet Muhammad: The Madinan Period

The Prophet's Prayer After the Battle

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prayed ẓuhr, and since he was injured and exhausted he had to pray sitting down. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) asked the Companions to line up, and made the following duʿāʾ, narrated by Imam Aḥmad:

"O Allah, to You is due all praise. O Allah, there is no grasping what You have dispersed, nor dispersing what You have grasped. There is no guiding aright those whom You have led astray, nor any leading astray of those You have guided. There is no giving of what You have prevented, nor any prevention of what You have given. There is no drawing close what You have distanced, nor any distancing what You have drawn close. O Allah, spread forth Your blessings, Your mercy, Your generosity, and Your favours upon us. O Allah, I ask You those enduring blessings that never change nor cease. O Allah, I ask You for blessings at a time of deprivation, and security at a time of fear. O Allah, I seek refuge with You against the evil of what You have given us, as well as from the evil from which You have saved us. O Allah, have us view faith with favour and endear it to us well; have us view disbelief, immorality and disobedience with antipathy; place us among those who are well guided. O Allah, take us to Yourself as Muslims, and give us life as Muslims; place us among the virtuous, not the shamed or the demented. O Allah, do battle with those disbelievers who give the lie to Your messengers and who oppose them; torment and punish them. O Allah, do battle against those disbelievers who were given the Scripture, O God of truth."