Qur’an
They followed after them at sunrise. When both groups sighted each other, Moses’ companions said: “We have been overtaken!” He said: “Not at all! My Lord stands by me; He will guide me!”
Explained
You may or may not have developed close friendship with Allah to have firm faith that He would side with you whenever the devil lays down his traps to overcome you. If you do not have such faith and you need Allah’s urgent assist nevertheless, or if you’re facing severe distress and approaching Allah either for the first time or after a long period of time — the following prayers from the Koran are sure to bring you relief. These prayers are Allah’s words, so therefore they are more powerful than anything humanity may concoct.
1) The prayer of Jonah, peace on him:
And the Man in the Whale when he stormed off angrily, and thought We would never have any power over him; yet he cried out in the darkness: “There is no deity except You! Glory be to You! I have been a wrongdoer.” We responded to him and saved him from grief. Thus We save believers. (Qur’an)
This is the prayer that God inspired in Jonah to save the prophet’s life. Allah tells us that Jonah was saved because he glorified the Lord:
Jonah was an emissary when he deserted to the laden ship, gambled and was one of those who lost out. The fish swallowed him while he was still to blame. If he had not been someone who glorified [God], he would have lingered on in its belly until the day when they will be raised up again. We flung him up on the empty shore and he [felt] heartsick. We made a gourd tree grow up over him and sent him off to a hundred thousand [people] or even more. They believed so We let them enjoy themselves for a while. (Qur’an)
Disbelievers in God aren’t saved because they’re oft trying to glorify themselves rather than Allah, the Lord of the Universe, apart from whom there is no god. Allah describes such folks as worshippers of their own lusts. So, for example, men who sexually harass or rape women despite the fact that Allah hates such behavior are trying to glorify themselves. By blatantly disobeying Allah — they are in fact trying to make themselves equal to Him.
Do you see such a one as takes for his god his own passion (or impulse)? Could you be a disposer of his affairs? (Qur’an)
As for the above example, Allah has prescribed modesty for the eyes of the believers:
Tell believers to avert their glances and to guard their private parts; that is chaster for them. God is Informed about anything they may produce. Tell believing women to avert their glances and guard their private parts, and not to display their charms except what [normally] appears of them. (Qur’an)
Because Jonah was a worshipper of Allah instead of his own lusts — his mission as a messenger of Allah was successful even though he had to face severe distress before Allah saved him.
2) Likewise, Prophet Job (Ayoub), peace be on him, had begged Allah for mercy thus:
And Job, when he cried out to his Lord: “Adversity has afflicted me while You are the most Merciful of the Mercy-granting!“, We responded to him and removed any adversity he was facing, and We gave him his household and the same as them besides, as a Mercy from Our presence and a Reminder for worshippers. (Qur’an)
This, too, is a very powerful prayer inspired by Allah. Worshippers of Allah are sure to be granted relief by means of this prayer. Allah says:
If God supports you, there is no one who will overcome you; while if He should forsake you, who is there to support you later on? On God should believers rely! (Qur’an)
3) Prophet Noah, peace on him, had also cried unto Allah with a powerful prayer inspired by the Lord of the Universe:
Noah’s folk denied it long before them; they rejected Our servant and said: “[He's] crazy!”, and he was rebuffed. He appealed to his Lord: “I have been overpowered, so support [me]!” So We opened Heaven’s gates for water to pour down. We drilled the earth full of springs and the waters met at a command which had been decreed. We transported him on something built with planks and caulking which sailed on before Our eyes, as a reward for someone who had been rejected. We left it as a sign; yet will anyone bear it in mind? (Qur’an)
Noah had spent hundreds of years among disbelieving folks.
When Noah had cried out previously, We responded to him, and saved him and his family from serious distress. We delivered him from a folk who had rejected Our signs. They had been such evil folk that We drowned them all. (Qur’an)
Moses and Aaron were similarly saved from distress:
We endowed Moses and Aaron and saved both them and their people from serious distress. We supported them and they became victorious; and We gave them both the clarifying Book. We guided them along the Straight Road and left [mention] of them among later men; “Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!”
Thus We reward those who act kindly.
They were both Our believing servants. (Qur’an)
Allah also mentions that despite the fact that Noah was distressed, every living being in the universe wishes him peace forevermore:
Noah called out to Us, and how favored are those [like him] who respond! We saved him and his family from serious grief, and set his offspring up as survivors. We left [mention] of him among later men: “Peace be upon Noah throughout the Universe!”
Thus We reward those who act kindly:
he was one of Our believing servants. (Qur’an)
Here’s a video of the Noah’s Ark confirming Allah’s saying: “We transported him on something built with planks and caulking which sailed on before Our eyes, as a reward for someone who had been rejected. We left it as a sign; yet will anyone bear it in mind?” (Qur’an)
