Deliverance from Calamity
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ، إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ.
رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ
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“Our Lord! Remove the torment from us, for we are believers!”
Form: the imperative “ikshif” (اكشف — remove/lift). A supplication for deliverance from drought, epidemics, wars, and grave calamities.
Tafsir of Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Saadi
Sheikh as-Saadi writes: “When a person is struck by hardship or illness, he should implore Allah to lift that affliction from him, affirming his faith and his reliance upon Him.”
Tafsir of Imam Ibn Kathir
Ibn Kathir explains: “This verse was revealed when the Quraysh were struck by severe famine and drought because of the prayer of the Prophet, and they offered a supplication for the removal of the calamity.”
Tafsir al-Baghawi
“…(And the people will say): “Our Lord! Avert the punishment from us; (if You do this,) then indeed we (will) believe (in You)!”…”
In “Sahih al-Bukhari” (No. 1007) it is narrated from Masruq that Ibn Mas‘ud spoke about the smoke and famine that afflicted the Quraysh.