رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ
“My Lord, indeed I am in need of whatever good You send down to me.” [Quran 28:24]
He was tired. His feet ached from days of walking through endless desert. His body was drained, his heart heavier than the weight on his shoulders. He had left behind a palace—not as a prince, but as a fugitive. A man without a home, without a family, without a future.
Musa (AS) had nothing. No wealth, no shelter, no food. Just his faith, and a heart that refused to give up.
And then, he arrived at a well.
He saw a crowd of men watering their flocks—loud, forceful, entitled. And at a distance, two women stood aside, hesitant, struggling to hold back their sheep. They didn’t push their way through. They waited.
Musa (AS) could have ignored them. He had his own problems. But a believer’s heart doesn’t close off, even in hardship. So he stepped forward, watered their flock for them, and walked away.
He didn’t ask for a reward.
He didn’t wait for thanks.
He just did what was right—then turned back to his own struggle.
And that’s when he sat under the shade of a tree and made this dua:
“My Lord, indeed I am in need of whatever good You send down to me.”
And in that moment, his life changed.
One of the women returned, calling him to meet her father. That meeting led to a home, a job, a wife, a new beginning. In the span of a single day, he went from a homeless wanderer to a man whose future was set.
That is the power of this dua.
Because one day, you will have your own Musa (AS) moment.
The moment when you feel lost. When you’ve exhausted every option. When you don’t know what comes next.
And in that moment, don’t give up. Do good, even in your struggle. Ask Allah (SWT), even when you don’t know what to ask for. Relief doesn’t just come. It arrives when you trust Allah (SWT) enough to let Him decide how.
