Quran Verses about Peace of heart

19 ayahs · from 11 surahs

The hearts of the believers find rest in the remembrance of Allah, and Allah sends down tranquility into the hearts of the Messenger and the believers in times of fear and anxiety. The verses also mention faith that brings the heart to rest, man who frets when hardship touches him, not grieving over what has passed, the tranquility found in a spouse, and the call to the soul at peace.

Hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah

  1. ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَطۡمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۗ أَلَا بِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطۡمَئِنُّ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ ٢٨

    Al-ladhīna āmanū wa taṭmaʾinnu qulūbuhum bidhikrillāh, alā bidhikrillāhi taṭmaʾinnul-qulūb.

    Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allāh. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allāh hearts are assured."

  1. ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡحَدِيثِ كِتَٰبٗا مُّتَشَٰبِهٗا مَّثَانِيَ تَقۡشَعِرُّ مِنۡهُ جُلُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُمۡ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمۡ وَقُلُوبُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهۡدِي بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنۡ هَادٍ ٢٣

    Allāhu nazzala aḥsanal-ḥadīthi kitābam mutashābiham mathāniya taqshaʿirru minhu julūdul-ladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum thumma talīnu julūduhum wa qulūbuhum ilā dhikrillāh, dhālika hudallāhi yahdī bihī may yashāʾ, wa may yuḍlilillāhu famā lahū min hād.

    Allāh has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance [i.e., mention] of Allāh. That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allāh sends astray - for him there is no guide.

The tranquility Allah sends down into the hearts of the believers

  1. وَقَالَ لَهُمۡ نَبِيُّهُمۡ إِنَّ ءَايَةَ مُلۡكِهِۦٓ أَن يَأۡتِيَكُمُ ٱلتَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَبَقِيَّةٞ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَىٰ وَءَالُ هَٰرُونَ تَحۡمِلُهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٤٨

    Wa qāla lahum nabiyyuhum inna āyata mulkihī ay yaʾtiyakumut-tābūtu fīhi sakīnatum mir rabbikum wa baqiyyatum mimmā taraka ālu mūsā wa ālu hārūna taḥmiluhul-malāʾikah, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal lakum in kuntum muʾminīn.

    And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, a sign of his kingship is that the chest will come to you in which is assurance1 from your Lord and a remnant of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron had left, carried by the angels. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Signs giving reassurance.
  1. وَمَا جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بُشۡرَىٰ لَكُمۡ وَلِتَطۡمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُكُم بِهِۦۗ وَمَا ٱلنَّصۡرُ إِلَّا مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ ١٢٦

    Wa mā jaʿalahullāhu illā bushrā lakum walitaṭmaʾinna qulūbukum bih, wa man-naṣru illā min ʿindillāhil-ʿazīzil-ḥakīm.

    And Allāh made it not except as [a sign of] good tidings for you and to reassure your hearts thereby. And victory is not except from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise -

  1. ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱلۡغَمِّ أَمَنَةٗ نُّعَاسٗا يَغۡشَىٰ طَآئِفَةٗ مِّنكُمۡۖ وَطَآئِفَةٞ قَدۡ أَهَمَّتۡهُمۡ أَنفُسُهُمۡ يَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡحَقِّ ظَنَّ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِيَّةِۖ يَقُولُونَ هَل لَّنَا مِنَ ٱلۡأَمۡرِ مِن شَيۡءٖۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ كُلَّهُۥ لِلَّهِۗ يُخۡفُونَ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِم مَّا لَا يُبۡدُونَ لَكَۖ يَقُولُونَ لَوۡ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلۡأَمۡرِ شَيۡءٞ مَّا قُتِلۡنَا هَٰهُنَاۗ قُل لَّوۡ كُنتُمۡ فِي بُيُوتِكُمۡ لَبَرَزَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقَتۡلُ إِلَىٰ مَضَاجِعِهِمۡۖ وَلِيَبۡتَلِيَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فِي صُدُورِكُمۡ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ١٥٤

    Thumma anzala ʿalaykum mim baʿdil-ghammi amanatan nuʿāsay yaghshā ṭāʾifatam minkum, wa ṭāʾifatun qad ahammathum anfusuhum yaẓunnūna billāhi ghayral-ḥaqqi ẓannal-jāhiliyyah, yaqūlūna hal lanā minal-amri min shayʾ, qul innal-amra kullahū lillāh, yukhfūna fī anfusihim mā lā yubdūna lak, yaqūlūna law kāna lanā minal-amri shayʾum mā qutilnā hāhunā, qul law kuntum fī buyūtikum labarazal-ladhīna kutiba ʿalayhimul-qatlu ilā maḍājiʿihim, waliyabtaliyallāhu mā fī ṣudūrikum waliyumaḥḥiṣa mā fī qulūbikum, wallāhu ʿalīmum bidhātiṣ-ṣudūr.

    Then after distress, He sent down upon you security [in the form of] drowsiness, overcoming a faction of you, while another faction worried about themselves, thinking of Allāh other than the truth - the thought of ignorance, saying, "Is there anything for us [to have done] in this matter?" Say, "Indeed, the matter belongs completely to Allāh." They conceal within themselves what they will not reveal to you. They say, "If there was anything we could have done in the matter, we [i.e., some of us] would not have been killed right here." Say, "Even if you had been inside your houses, those decreed to be killed would have come out to their death beds." [It was] so that Allāh might test what is in your breasts and purify what is in your hearts. And Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts.

  1. وَمَا جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بُشۡرَىٰ وَلِتَطۡمَئِنَّ بِهِۦ قُلُوبُكُمۡۚ وَمَا ٱلنَّصۡرُ إِلَّا مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ١٠

    Wa mā jaʿalahullāhu illā bushrā walitaṭmaʾinna bihī qulūbukum, wa man-naṣru illā min ʿindillāh, innallāha ʿazīzun ḥakīm.

    And Allāh made it not but good tidings and so that your hearts would be assured thereby. And victory is not but from Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

  1. إِذۡ يُغَشِّيكُمُ ٱلنُّعَاسَ أَمَنَةٗ مِّنۡهُ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ لِّيُطَهِّرَكُم بِهِۦ وَيُذۡهِبَ عَنكُمۡ رِجۡزَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ وَلِيَرۡبِطَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُمۡ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ ٱلۡأَقۡدَامَ ١١

    Idh yughashshīkumun-nuʿāsa amanatam minhu wa yunazzilu ʿalaykum minas-samāʾi māʾal liyuṭahhirakum bihī wa yudhhiba ʿankum rijzash-shayṭāni waliyarbiṭa ʿalā qulūbikum wa yuthabbita bihil-aqdām.

    [Remember] when He overwhelmed you with drowsiness [giving] security from Him and sent down upon you from the sky, rain by which to purify you and remove from you the evil [suggestions] of Satan and to make steadfast your hearts and plant firmly thereby your feet.

  1. ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَأَنزَلَ جُنُودٗا لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَا وَعَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٢٦

    Thumma anzalallāhu sakīnatahū ʿalā rasūlihī wa ʿalal-muʾminīna wa anzala junūdal lam tarawhā wa ʿadhdhabal-ladhīna kafarū, wa dhālika jazāʾul-kāfirīn.

    Then Allāh sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers and sent down soldiers [i.e., angels] whom you did not see and punished those who disbelieved. And that is the recompense of the disbelievers.

  1. إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدۡ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذۡ أَخۡرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ثَانِيَ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ إِذۡ هُمَا فِي ٱلۡغَارِ إِذۡ يَقُولُ لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ لَا تَحۡزَنۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَاۖ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِ وَأَيَّدَهُۥ بِجُنُودٖ لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلسُّفۡلَىٰۗ وَكَلِمَةُ ٱللَّهِ هِيَ ٱلۡعُلۡيَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ٤٠

    Illā tanṣurūhu faqad naṣarahullāhu idh akhrajahul-ladhīna kafarū thāniyathnayni idh humā fil-ghāri idh yaqūlu liṣāḥibihī lā taḥzan innallāha maʿanā, fa anzalallāhu sakīnatahū ʿalayhi wa ayyadahū bijunūdil lam tarawhā wa jaʿala kalimatal-ladhīna kafarus-suflā, wa kalimatullāhi hiyal-ʿulyā, wallāhu ʿazīzun ḥakīm.

    If you do not aid him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] - Allāh has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two,1 when they were in the cave and he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allāh is with us." And Allāh sent down His tranquility upon him and supported him with soldiers [i.e., angels] you did not see and made the word2 of those who disbelieved the lowest,3 while the word of Allāh4 - that is the highest. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

    Footnotes (4)
    1. The second was his companion, Abū Bakr.
    2. i.e., their claims and slogans.
    3. i.e., degraded and dishonored.
    4. "Lā ilāha ill-Allāh" ("There is no deity except Allāh").
  1. هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ لِيَزۡدَادُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا مَّعَ إِيمَٰنِهِمۡۗ وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمٗا ٤

    Huwal-ladhī anzalas-sakīnata fī qulūbil-muʾminīna liyazdādū īmānam maʿa īmānihim, walillāhi junūdus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa kānallāhu ʿalīman ḥakīmā.

    It is He who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that they would increase in faith along with their [present] faith. And to Allāh belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and ever is Allāh Knowing and Wise.

  1. ۞ لَّقَدۡ رَضِيَ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ إِذۡ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحۡتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡ فَأَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَأَثَٰبَهُمۡ فَتۡحٗا قَرِيبٗا ١٨

    Laqad raḍiyallāhu ʿanil-muʾminīna idh yubāyiʿūnaka taḥtash-shajarati faʿalima mā fī qulūbihim fa anzalas-sakīnata ʿalayhim wa athābahum fatḥan qarībā.

    Certainly was Allāh pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you, [O Muḥammad], under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquility upon them and rewarded them with an imminent conquest1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. That of Khaybar, which preceded the conquest of Makkah.
  1. إِذۡ جَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلۡحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَأَلۡزَمَهُمۡ كَلِمَةَ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَكَانُوٓاْ أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَأَهۡلَهَاۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٗا ٢٦

    Idh jaʿalal-ladhīna kafarū fī qulūbihimul-ḥamiyyata ḥamiyyatal-jāhiliyyati fa anzalallāhu sakīnatahū ʿalā rasūlihī wa ʿalal-muʾminīna wa alzamahum kalimatat-taqwā wa kānū aḥaqqa bihā wa ahlahā, wa kānallāhu bikulli shayʾin ʿalīmā.

    When those who disbelieved had put into their hearts chauvinism - the chauvinism of the time of ignorance. But Allāh sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers and imposed upon them the word of righteousness, and they were more deserving of it and worthy of it. And ever is Allāh, of all things, Knowing.

Certainty that brings the heart to rest

  1. وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيۡفَ تُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۖ قَالَ أَوَلَمۡ تُؤۡمِنۖ قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَطۡمَئِنَّ قَلۡبِيۖ قَالَ فَخُذۡ أَرۡبَعَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَصُرۡهُنَّ إِلَيۡكَ ثُمَّ ٱجۡعَلۡ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٖ مِّنۡهُنَّ جُزۡءٗا ثُمَّ ٱدۡعُهُنَّ يَأۡتِينَكَ سَعۡيٗاۚ وَٱعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ ٢٦٠

    Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu rabbi arinī kayfa tuḥyil-mawtā, qāla awalam tuʾmin, qāla balā wa lākil liyaṭmaʾinna qalbī, qāla fakhudh arbaʿatam minaṭ-ṭayri faṣurhunna ilayka thummajʿal ʿalā kulli jabalim minhunna juzʾan thummadʿuhunna yaʾtīnaka saʿyā, waʿlam annallāha ʿazīzun ḥakīm.

    And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allāh] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [Allāh] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself.1 Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., train them to come to you on command.

Not grieving over what is missed and not fretting

  1. مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّبۡرَأَهَآۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ٢٢

    Mā aṣāba mim muṣībatin fil-arḍi wa lā fī anfusikum illā fī kitābim min qabli an nabraʾahā, inna dhālika ʿalallāhi yasīr.

    No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register1 before We bring it into being - indeed that, for Allāh, is easy -

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).
  2. لِّكَيۡلَا تَأۡسَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَفۡرَحُواْ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخۡتَالٖ فَخُورٍ ٢٣

    Likaylā taʾsaw ʿalā mā fātakum wa lā tafraḥū bimā ātākum, wallāhu lā yuḥibbu kulla mukhtālin fakhūr.

    In order that you not despair over what has eluded you and not exult [in pride] over what He has given you. And Allāh does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful -

  1. ۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ١٩

    Innal-insāna khuliqa halūʿā.

    Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

  2. إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا ٢٠

    Idhā massahush-sharru jazūʿā.

    When evil touches him, impatient,

  3. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا ٢١

    Wa idhā massahul-khayru manūʿā.

    And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

  4. إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٢٢

    Illal-muṣallīn.

    Except the observers of prayer -

  5. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ ٢٣

    Al-ladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim dāʾimūn.

    Those who are constant in their prayer

Tranquility with one's spouse

  1. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنۡ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا لِّتَسۡكُنُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَكُم مَّوَدَّةٗ وَرَحۡمَةًۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٢١

    Wa min āyātihī an khalaqa lakum min anfusikum azwājal litaskunū ilayhā wa jaʿala baynakum mawaddataw wa raḥmah, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

    And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

The soul at peace

  1. يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

    Yāʾayyatuhan-nafsul-muṭmaʾinnah.

    [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

  2. ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

    Irjiʿī ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatam marḍiyyah.

    Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

  3. فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

    Fadkhulī fī ʿibādī.

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

  4. وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

    Wadkhulī jannatī.

    And enter My Paradise."