اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ رِضَاكَ وَالْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَالنَّارِ
“O Allah, I ask You for Your pleasure and Jannah, and I seek refuge in You from Your displeasure and the Fire.” [Muslim – 2727]
Imagine this—standing before Allah (SWT) on the Last Day.
The sky is torn apart. The mountains have crumbled. The people you once knew are either running towards Jannah or collapsing in terror. And you? You’re waiting for one thing:
What will He say about you?
Will you hear, “My servant, I am pleased with you.”? Will your name be called among those who enter Jannah without reckoning? Will your heart finally feel the peace it spent a lifetime searching for?
Or—will your eyes search for mercy and find the doors closed?
This is the dua that decides everything.
Because if Allah (SWT) is pleased with you, you have everything—love, security, forgiveness, a home where the rivers flow and sorrow doesn’t exist. And if He is displeased… what else is left?
This is the dua that makes life simple. Strip away every worldly goal, every desire, every fear—what remains? His pleasure or His anger. Jannah or the Fire.
Even the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, the most beloved to Allah (SWT), never stopped seeking His pleasure. He ﷺ would pray:
“O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, in Your forgiveness from Your punishment.” (Sahih Muslim 486)
If he still asked, where do we stand?
So make this your dua. Not just with words, but with the way you live. Because in the end, success isn’t measured by what you build, earn, or leave behind. It’s measured by this:
Did you live in a way that made Allah (SWT) smile?
And those who earn His pleasure? They are the ones who truly win.
