Said on the worst day of his life
At Uḥud, with the dead around him and his own face bleeding.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ إِنْ تَشَأْ لاَ تُعْبَدْ فِي الأَرْضِ
Allāhumma innaka in tasha' lā tuʿbad fi-l-arḍ.
“O Allah, if You will, You will not be worshipped on earth.”
Not a protest and not a request. A statement acknowledging that even this outcome would be His to decide.
The full narration
It is narrated on the authority of Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said on the day of the Battle of Uhud:O Allah, if Thou wilt (defeat Muslims), there will be none on the earth to worship Thee
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 4546
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)