Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 679
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَدَعَا بِدُعَاءٍ كَثِيرٍ لاَ نَحْفَظُهُ، فَقُلْنَا: دَعَوْتَ بِدُعَاءٍ لاَ نَحْفَظُهُ؟ فَقَالَ: سَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ يَجْمَعُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ لَكُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ مِمَّا سَأَلَكَ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَنَسْتَعِيذُكَ مِمَّا اسْتَعَاذَكَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ صلى الله عليه وسلم، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ وَعَلَيْكَ الْبَلاَغُ، وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ، أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ.
Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr related to us: Mu‘tamir related to us, from Layth, from Thabit ibn ‘Ajlan, from Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Umama, who said: We were with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he made many supplications that we could not remember. We said, “You made supplications that we cannot remember.” He said, “I will tell you something that encompasses all of them for you: ‘O Allah, we ask You for what Your Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked You for, and we seek Your protection from what Your Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sought Your protection from. O Allah, You are the One from whom help is sought, and with You lies the accomplishment. There is no power nor strength except through Allah’”—or words to that effect.
Translation notes
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ وَعَلَيْكَ الْبَلاَغُ
The first clause clearly identifies Allah as the One whose help is sought. The idiom وعليك البلاغ can refer to conveying or accomplishing the matter; its precise sense is compressed in this report.
Does وعليك البلاغ here mean that accomplishment or conveying the request rests with Allah?