In You is refuge, and there is no shelter but You; You are the succor of every one who is distressed and faltering (The difference between seeking refuge and taking shelter)
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The Shaykh :"In You is refuge, and there is no shelter but You; You are the succor of every one who is distressed and faltering"
"In You is refuge" — the news is placed at the beginning to indicate exclusivity. "Al-Ma'adh" means seeking refuge, so it is a verbal noun with a prefixed mim, meaning that we do not seek refuge except in You, and we do not take shelter except in You. We do not seek refuge except in You, and we do not take shelter except in You. The scholars said that the difference between seeking refuge (i'adh) and taking shelter (li'adh) is this: seeking refuge is from what is feared, while taking shelter is in what is hoped for. "What is hoped for" means that if you are hoping for something, you say, "I take shelter in so-and-so" until he achieves for me what I hope for. If you are afraid of something, you say, "I seek refuge in him" so that he saves you from what you dislike. On this basis, one of the poets said, praising a person he was praising:
"O He in whom I take shelter in what I hope for, *** and in whom I seek refuge from what I fear
People cannot mend a bone that You have broken, *** nor can they break a bone that You have mended"
This description is not deserved by anyone but Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The important point is that he said:
"O He in whom I take shelter in what I hope for, *** and in whom I seek refuge from what I fear"
Yes. And his saying, "You are the succor" means that You are the One who provides succor. Succor (ghawth) is the removal of distress. From this comes our supplication, "O Allah, give us succor," meaning, remove our distress.
"In You is refuge" — the news is placed at the beginning to indicate exclusivity. "Al-Ma'adh" means seeking refuge, so it is a verbal noun with a prefixed mim, meaning that we do not seek refuge except in You, and we do not take shelter except in You. We do not seek refuge except in You, and we do not take shelter except in You. The scholars said that the difference between seeking refuge (i'adh) and taking shelter (li'adh) is this: seeking refuge is from what is feared, while taking shelter is in what is hoped for. "What is hoped for" means that if you are hoping for something, you say, "I take shelter in so-and-so" until he achieves for me what I hope for. If you are afraid of something, you say, "I seek refuge in him" so that he saves you from what you dislike. On this basis, one of the poets said, praising a person he was praising:
"O He in whom I take shelter in what I hope for, *** and in whom I seek refuge from what I fear
People cannot mend a bone that You have broken, *** nor can they break a bone that You have mended"
This description is not deserved by anyone but Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The important point is that he said:
"O He in whom I take shelter in what I hope for, *** and in whom I seek refuge from what I fear"
Yes. And his saying, "You are the succor" means that You are the One who provides succor. Succor (ghawth) is the removal of distress. From this comes our supplication, "O Allah, give us succor," meaning, remove our distress.