ٱلْبَقَرَة : ١٥٦

  • ٱلَّذِينَ Those who
  • إِذَآ when
  • أَصَٰبَتۡهُم strikes them
  • مُّصِيبَةٞ a misfortune
  • قَالُوٓاْ they say
  • إِنَّا Indeed, we
  • لِلَّهِ belong to Allah
  • وَإِنَّآ and indeed we
  • إِلَيۡهِ towards Him
  • رَٰجِعُونَ will return
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allāh, and indeed to Him we will return."
those who, when they are struck by an affliction, a calamity, say, 'Surely we belong to God, we are His possession and servants, with whom He does as He pleases; and to Him we will return', in the Hereafter, whereupon He will requite us: in one hadeeth [it is said that], 'whoever pronounces the istirjaa' [sc. the formula 'surely we belong to God and to Him we will return'] when an affliction befalls him, God will reward him and compensate him with what is better'. Similarly, it is said that on one occasion when his lamp blew out, the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him uttered the istirjaa', whereupon 'aa'isha said to him, saying: 'But, it is just a lamp', to which he replied, 'Whatever bothers a believer is an affliction [of sorts]': this is reported by Aboo Daawood in his [section on] mursal reports.