What is Ayat-e-Karimah?
Question
What is the Ayat e Karimah and why do people read it? is there any virtue to it?
Answer
The last portion of the 87th verse in Surah al-Ambiyaa’ is known as the Ayah Karimah. It is knowns as the Ayah Karimah due to its virtue and benefits. The Ayah Karimah is follows:
Transliteration: La Ilaaha Illa Anta Subhaanaka Inni Kuntu Minazzhaalimeen
Translation: There is no god but You. Pure are You. Indeed I was among the wrongdoers (Surah al-Ambiyaa’, Verse: 87)
Sayyiduna Sa’ad (Radiyallahu Anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, “The Du’a that Zunnoon (Yunus Alaihis Salaam) made when he was in the belly of the fish was:
If a person recites this Dua for any need of his, Allah will answer his need” (Tirmizi, Hadith #: 3845)
And Allah Knows Best
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
عن سعد قال قال رسول الله -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « دعوة ذى النون إذ دعا وهو فى بطن الحوت لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إنى كنت من الظالمين. فإنه لم يدع بها رجل مسلم فى شىء قط إلا استجاب الله له ».
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
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- Mufti Suhail Tarmahomed
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