Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1068
أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ هِشَامٍ أَبُو أُمَيَّةَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ قَزَعَةَ بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقُولُ حِينَ يَقُولُ " سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ بَعْدُ أَهْلَ الثَّنَاءِ وَالْمَجْدِ خَيْرُ مَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ وَكُلُّنَا لَكَ عَبْدٌ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ " .
ʿAmr ibn Hisham, Abu Umayyah al-Harrani, informed me: Makhlad narrated to us, from Saʿid ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz, from ʿAtiyyah ibn Qays, from Qazaʿah ibn Yahya, from Abu Saʿid, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say: “Allah hears whoever praises Him. Our Lord, to You belongs all praise, filling the heavens, filling the earth, and filling whatever else You will beyond that. O Possessor of praise and glory, the best words a servant has said—and we are all Your servants—are: None can withhold what You give, and no person of wealth or standing can benefit from his wealth against You.”
Translation notes
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقُولُ حِينَ يَقُولُ " سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ بَعْدُ أَهْلَ الثَّنَاءِ وَالْمَجْدِ خَيْرُ مَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ وَكُلُّنَا لَكَ عَبْدٌ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ " .
The English witness renders ذَا الْجَدِّ loosely as “the possession of an owner”; the Arabic refers to a person of wealth or good fortune and that status does not avail him before God.
Is “person of wealth or standing” an appropriate rendering of ذَا الْجَدِّ here?