Distress

Supplication for one in distress #1

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ ،

 لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الأَرْضِ ورَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

Laa ilaaha il-lal-laahul ‛adheemul-ḥaleem, laa ilaaha il-lal-laahu rab-bul-‛arshil-‛adheem, laa ilaaha il-lal-laahu rabbus-samaa-waati wa rab-bul-arḍi wa rab-bul-‛arshil-kareem

None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, The Magnificent, The Most Forbearing. None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, Lord of the magnificent throne. None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth and Lord of the noble throne.

(Sahih Al Bukhari 6346)

 

Supplication for one in distress #2

يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ

Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūm, bi-raḥmatika astaghīth

O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining Sustainer! In Your Mercy do I seek relief

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3524)

 

Supplication for one in distress #3

اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أنْتَ

Allaahumma raḥmataka arjoo, fa laa takilnee ilaa nafsee ṭarfata ‛aynin, wa aṣliḥ lee sha’nee kullahu, laa ilaaha illaa ant

O Allah, it is Your mercy that I hope for, so do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye and rectify for me all of my affairs. None has the right to be worshipped except You.

(Sunan Abi Dawud 5090, Authenticated by Al Albani as Hasan)

 

Supplication for one in distress #4

اللهُ اللهُ رَبِّي لَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا

Allaah-ullaahu rabbee laa ushriku bihi shay’aa

Allah, Allah is my Lord, I do not associate anything with Him

(Sunan Abi Dawud 1525, Authenticated by Al Albani as Sahih)

 

Supplication for one in distress #5

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Laa ilaaha illaa anta subḥaanaka innee kuntu minaẓ-ẓaalimeen

None has the right to be worshipped except You. Far from imperfection are You, verily I was among the wrong-doers.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The supplication of Dhun-Nun (Prophet Yunus (as)) when he supplicated, while in the belly of the whale was (mentioned above)..So indeed, no Muslim supplicates with it for anything except Allah responds to him.”

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3505)

 

Worry and Sadness

Supplication for one in worry and sadness #1

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاءُكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي ، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي ، وَجَلاءَ حُزْنِي ، وذَهَابَ هَمِّي

Allaahumma innee ‛abduk-abnu-‛abdik-abnu-amatik, naaṣiyatee biyadik, maaḍin fiyya ḥukmuk, ‛adlun fiyya qaḍaa’uk, as’aluka bi kull-ismin huwa lak, sammayta bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fee kitaabik, aw ‛allamtahu aḥadan min khalqik, awis-ta’tharta bihi fee ‛ilmil-ghaybi ‛indak, an taj‛al-al-quraana rabee‛a qalbee, wa noora ṣadree, wa jalaa’a ḥuznee, wa dhahaaba hammee

O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your female slave, my forelock is in Your hand (i.e. You have total mastery over me), Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or You taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur'an the spring of my heart and the light of my bosom, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: whoever recites this then Allah will remove his worries  and sadness and replace it with relief.