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Qur'an

For patience and firmness

رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا

Rabbana afrigh 'alayna sabran wa thabbit aqdamana

Our Lord, pour upon us patience and make firm our feet.

Source: Quran 2:250

What this supplication is

The word of the believers at the moment of confrontation with Goliath's army: pour upon us patience and make firm our feet (2:250). For every trial that demands standing firm, it is the Qur'anic request for sabr and steadfastness.

When to recite it

In trials, confrontation, exams of patience, and before difficult stands.

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There is no god but Allah, the Magnificent, the Forbearing; there is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne; there is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, and Lord of the Noble Throne.

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