Four Kalimahs
Hazrat Imaam Hujjatul Islam Abu Haamid Ghazaali (Rahmatullahi alaih) says that someone saw Zubaidah (the wife of Khaleefah Haaroon Rasheed) in a dream. The person asked her: “How did Allah Ta’ala treat you?”
She replied: “O you who ask! Allah Ta’ala forgave me by virtue of Four Kalimahs which were part and parcel of my life.
The First Kalimah:
لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ اُفْنِيْ لَهَا عُمْرِيْ
There is no god, but Allah. I spend my life for its (this Kalimah’s) sake.
The Second Kalimah:
لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ اَدْخُلُ بِهَا قَبْرِيْ
There is no god, but Allah. I enter my grave with it.
The Third Kalimah:
لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ اَخْلُوْ بِهَا وَحْدِيْ
There is no god, but Allah. I am in total privacy with it.
The Fourth Kalimah:
لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ اَلْقىٰ بِهَا رَبِّيْ
There is no god, but Allah. I meet my Rabb with it.
(At-Tauheedul Haqeeqi)