Juz 20- Juz Gems

Indeed, I am in Need of Whatever Good You Send Down.

Assalaamu Alaykum! Tonight our mashaayikh will recite the 20th Juz of the Qur’an which covers the rest of Surat an-Naml, Surat al Qasas, and a portion of Surat Al-Ankabut. In this juz, we find a dua of Musa (as) that relieves him of his distress:

فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰ إِلَى الظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ ﴿٢٤﴾

“So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need,"’ (Surat al Qasas, aya 24).

Before Musa (as) receives prophethood, he flees Egypt as Pharaoh intends to kill him for having accidentally killed a man. This exhausting journey lands him near a well in Madyan where he sees two young women to the side as men are making their way to water their flocks. He asks them what’s going on and they reply by saying that they need to wait for the men to finish before they can get water for their flock. Musa wastes no time to assist them. He takes their flock and makes sure they are well satiated.

Once he does this good deed, he makes dua to Allah, “My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need.” Following his dua, one of the sisters approaches Musa and tells him that her father would like to reward him for his act of kindness. The father repays him by having him marry one of his daughters and working for him for eight to ten years.

Musa was a fugitive, alone, hungry, and exhausted from fleeing his homeland. After his desperate plea to Allah, Allah not only gives him a new place to settle, but a family, a home, and a job. In one night, Allah completely changes Musa’s circumstances! According to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi’s Ramadan dua series, one’s dua has a higher chance of being accepted if one performs a good deed before it and he uses Musa’s dua as an example of this.

We are all in desperate need of Allah’s help and assistance. During these last ten nights of Ramadan, hasten to do as much good as you can and make sure to follow it up with dua! Before you click donate, say “Bismillah!” and round out the good deed with a sincere supplication to your Lord, knowing that you are following the sunnah of one of the most beloved Prophets to Allah, Musa, alayhi assalaam.