Remembrance 1 from Chapter 78

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu-l-‘Aẓīmu-l-Ḥalīm, lā ilāha illa-llāhu Rabbu-l-‘Arshi-l-‘aẓīm, lā ilāha illa-llāhu, Rabbu-s-samāwāti wa Rabbu-l-arḍi Rabbu-l-‘Arshi-l-karīm.

WE RELATE FROM the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim that Ibn ‘Abbās reported that the Messenger of Allah used to say in times of difficulty: “There is no god but Allah, the Tremendous, the Clement. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth and Lord of the Noble Throne.” ^[1].And in a narration of Muslim there is, “When the Prophet was distressed by some concern . . . he would say that.” His words ‘ḥazabahu amrun’ mean ‘when an important matter arose’ or ‘when he was afflicted by distress’.

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