We often find written in people’s messages the verse {And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied} [al-Duha 93:5], which Allah addressed to His Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). Does the blessing mentioned in this verse include everyone?
Firstly:
Writing this verse in messages comes under the heading of quoting from the Book of Allah, may He be exalted. We have noted previously that quoting [from the Quran] is permissible in general terms, if it is done for a valid reason, but if it is not done for a valid reason, then it is not permissible.
Secondly:
The words of Allah, may He be exalted, to His Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), {And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied} [al-Duha 93:5] mean that He, may He be glorified and exalted, will give His slave and Messenger Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), by His grace and bounty, that which would make him satisfied in this world and the hereafter.
Al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
What appears to be the case is that Allah, may He be glorified, would give him what would please him of the best of this world and the hereafter, and one of the most important of these things to him and one of the most significant is the acceptance of his intercession for his ummah."(Fath al-Qadir 5/649).
Such a thing obviously cannot be for everyone. To suggest that Allah would give to a specific person until he is content and satisfied is not permissible, except on the basis of a religious text.
Thirdly:
The ruling on quoting this verse varies from one situation to another:
- If it is quoted by way of being optimistic, there is nothing wrong with that.
- If it is quoted by way of showing care to a Muslim who is suffering and shows patience – so one says to him for example: Be patient and your Lord will give you, and you will be satisfied, in sha Allah – there is nothing wrong with that either, because this comes under the heading of offering consolation and thinking positively of Allah, especially if he follows it by saying “in sha Allah.”
- If it is quoted by way of being certain of receiving good reward from Allah until one is satisfied, that is not permissible, because no one can decide what Allah, may He be exalted, should do, either in this world or in the hereafter.
- If it is quoted by someone by way of claiming that that is the reason why Allah restored to him what he had lost, that is not permissible either.
Please see the answer to question no. 134346 .
If it is quoted in general terms when sending a message, or it is quoted in a gathering, or a person writes it on social media and the like, in general terms, then that is not permitted either, because generalising it means that all good and bad things may be included. One of these bad things is what the questioner has mentioned, of imagining this blessing reaching all people, which is definitely impossible and it is attributing to Allah, may He be exalted, something that is not true and it is praising someone who does not deserve to be praised at all.
And Allah knows best.
