For relief from mental stress, depression and the many hardships of life, there is no alternative to Allah's help. When the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), at a moment when his life was at risk, set out on Allah's command from Makkah for Madinah, this verse was revealed at the height of that danger as a source of calm. Reciting it, the writer says, brings peace and security even in severe difficulty.

Transliteration: "Rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqin wa akhrijni mukhraja sidqin waj'al li min ladunka sultanan nasira."

Meaning: "O my Lord! Cause me to enter with goodness and cause me to leave with goodness, and grant me from Yourself a helping power." (Surah Bani Israil, verse 80)

The verse was revealed during the Prophet's Hijrah, at the time when he was to leave Makkah and enter Madinah.

Some say the meaning of this prayerful verse is: let me die upon the truth and raise me upon the truth on the Day of Judgement.

Others say it means: enter me into the grave with truth, and bring me out of the grave with truth on the Day of Judgement, and so on.

Imam Shawkani said that since the verse is a supplication, all of these meanings fall within its broad scope.

Some say that people suffering various hardships may also recite this dua every day after the five daily prayers, in the hope that their illnesses and problems will be resolved.

Others have said that a person with diabetes should, alongside regular exercise and a disciplined life, ask Allah for help through this dua to keep the disease under control. It is regarded as a Quranic practice for staying free of the illness.

The writer prays that Allah grants the Muslim ummah the ability to practise this verse often for relief from illness, and deliverance from every trouble of this world and the hereafter. Amin.

Source: Jagonews24. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.