What lessons are contained in the supplication of Yunus: 'There is no deity but You; glory be to You'?
2026-09-21
T71 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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وَقَالَ يُونُسُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ {لَا إلَهَ إلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ} وَفِي الصَّحِيحِ {الدُّعَاءُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ: اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي ظَلَمْت نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إلَّا أَنْتَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِك وَارْحَمْنِي إنَّك أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ} فَهَذَا الدُّعَاءُ مُطَابِقٌ لِدُعَاءِ آدَمَ فِي الِاعْتِرَافِ بِظُلْمِ النَّفْسِ وَمَسْأَلَةِ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ.
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Jonah, peace be upon him, said: “There is no deity except You. Glory be to You! I have indeed been among the wrongdoers.” In the Ṣaḥīḥ is the supplication that the Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, taught Abū Bakr to say in his prayer: “O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly, and no one forgives sins except You. Grant me forgiveness from Yourself and have mercy upon me. You are indeed the All-Forgiving, the Merciful.” This supplication corresponds to Adam’s supplication in acknowledging having wronged oneself and asking for forgiveness and mercy.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 29/278
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
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