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Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ قُلْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِی مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَ أَخْرِجْنِی مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَ اجْعَلْ لِی مِنْ لَدُنْکَ سُلْطاناً نَصِیراً [And say: My Lord! Make me to enter a goodly entering, and cause me to go forth a goodly going forth, and grant me from near You a helping authority]; it was revealed on the day of the conquest of Mecca, when the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) wished to enter Mecca; O Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family)! Say: "My Lord! Bring me in [in every affair] with truthfulness and take me out with truthfulness, and appoint for me from Your presence a helping proof."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Basir said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Does gratitude have a limit, such that whenever a servant reaches it he is counted as grateful?" He said: "Yes." I said: "What is it?" He said: "He praises Allah for every blessing that comes to him and his family, even if in what has been bestowed upon him of wealth there is a due which he must discharge. Allah the Exalted says: سُبْحانَ الَّذِی سَخَّرَ لَنا هذا وَ ما کُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِینَ [Glory be to Him who has subjected this to us, and we were not able to subdue it ourselves]. (Zukhruf/13) And in another place He said: رَبِّ أَنْزِلْنِی مُنْزَلًا مُبارَکاً وَ أَنْتَ خَیْرُ الْمُنْزِلِینَ [My Lord! Cause me to land at a blessed landing-place, and You are the best of those who bring to land]. (Muminun/29) And in another verse He said: رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِی مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَ أَخْرِجْنِی مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَ اجْعَلْ لِی مِنْ لَدُنْکَ سُلْطاناً نَصِیراً [My Lord! Make me to enter a goodly entering, and cause me to go forth a goodly going forth, and grant me from near You a helping authority]."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): When you fall into a fearful strait, recite this verse: رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِی مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَ أَخْرِجْنِی مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَ اجْعَلْ لِی مِنْ لَدُنْکَ سُلْطاناً نَصِیرا [My Lord! Make me to enter a goodly entering, and cause me to go forth a goodly going forth, and grant me from near You a helping authority].

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): When a settlement comes within your sight and you wish to enter it, say: O Allah! Lord of the seven heavens and what they overshadow, and Lord of the seven earths and what they bear, and Lord of the satans and those whom they lead astray, and Lord of the winds and what they scatter, and Lord of the seas and what they set flowing — I ask You for the good of this settlement and the good of whatever is in it, and I take refuge in You from its evil and the evil of whatever is in it. O Allah! Make easy for me every path that is in it, and grant me success in every ease it has, and help me in my need, O Fulfiller of needs! O Answerer of prayers! Cause me to enter [in every matter] with truthfulness, and cause me to go forth with truthfulness, and grant me from Your presence a helping authority!

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ قُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِی مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ [And say: My Lord, make me to enter a goodly entering] — meaning Makkah. وَ اجْعَل لِّی مِن لَّدُنکَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِیرًا [and grant me from Your presence a helping authority] — Allah answered the prayer of His Prophet and gave him Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) as a helper, that he might aid him against his enemies.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ اجْعَلْ لِی مِنْ لَدُنْکَ سُلْطاناً نَصِیراً [and grant me from Your presence a helping authority]; that is, a helper and aid.