I am pleased with Allah as my Lord

About this dhikr

The promise attached to this dhikr is phrased unusually: Allah takes it *upon Himself* to please the one who says it on the Day of Resurrection (Abu Dawud 5072, at-Tirmidhi 3389). That construction — a thing being due from Allah — appears in few adhkar. It is a favour He has bound Himself to, not a debt the servant has earned.

And the contentment named here is a claim rather than a phrase. To be content with Allah as Lord is to accept both what He has decreed and what He has commanded. To be content with Islam as religion is to seek no ruling outside it. To be content with Muhammad ﷺ as Prophet is to stop where what he brought stops.

It is said three times in the morning and three in the evening.

When is it said?

The morning adhkar are said from dawn until the sun has risen, and best of all immediately after the Fajr prayer, before you leave the place where you prayed. If the window passes, say them when you remember — adhkar are not like obligatory prayers, which are not valid outside their time.

Where it comes in the litany

Dhikr number 19 of 22 in Morning Adhkar — read in the order they are said.

Nearby in this litany

• Ayat al-Kursi
• Surah Al-Ikhlas
• Surah Al-Falaq