Hardship, distress, joy and relief. This collection has 21 authentic du'ās, each with the Arabic text, an English transliteration, the translation and its hadith reference. Tap the counter above to work through them one by one, or read them all below.
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ حَالٍ
Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi ʿalā kulli ḥāl.
All praise is for Allah in every situation.
When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw anything which displeased him, he used to say [the above]. (Ibn Mājah 3803, Ibn al-Sunnī 378)
قَدَّرَ اللّٰهُ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ
Qaddara-llāhu wa mā shā’a faʿal.
Allah has decreed and He does whatever He wills.
Muslim 2664
اَللّٰهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا ، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلًا
Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā jaʿaltahū sahlā, wa anta tajʿalu-l-ḥazna idhā shi’ta sahlā.
O Allah, there is no ease except in that which You have made easy, and You make the difficulty easy when You wish.
Anas b. Malik (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) ﷺ narrates that the Messenger of Allah said [the above]. (Ibn Hibbān 2427, Ibn al-Sunnī 351)
إِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُوْنَ ، اَللّٰهُمَّ أْجُرْنِيْ فِيْ مُصِيْبَتِيْ ، وَأَخْلِفْ لِيْ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا
Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn, Allāhumma-‘jurnī fī muṣībatī, wa akhlif lī khayram-minha.
To Allah we belong and unto Him is our return. O Allah, recompense me for my affliction and replace it for me with something better.
Muslim 918
اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ عَبْدُكَ ، وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ، وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ ، نَاصِيَتِيْ بِيَدِكَ ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ ، سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِيْ كِتَابِكَ ، أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِيْ عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيْعَ قَلْبِيْ ، وَنُوْرَ صَدْرِيْ وَجَلَاءَ حُزْنِيْ ، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّيْ
Allāhumma innī ʿabduk, wa-bnu ʿabdik, wa-bnu amatik, nāṣiyatī bi-yadik, māḍin fiyya ḥukmuk, ʿadlun fiyya qaḍā’uk, as’aluka bi-kulli-smin huwa lak, sammayta bihi nafsak, aw ʿallamtahū aḥadam-min khalqik, aw anzaltahū fī Kitābik, awi-sta’tharta bihī fī ʿilmi-l-ghaybi ʿindak, an tajʿala-l-Qur’āna rabīʿa qalbī, wa nūra ṣadrī wa jalā’a ḥuznī, wa dhahāba hammī.
O Allah, I am Your slave and the son of Your male slave and the son of Your female slave. My forehead is in Your Hand (i.e. you have control over me). I am subject to Your judgement and Your decree concerning me is just. I ask You – by every name that is Yours, by which You have named Yourself, or taught any one of Your creation, or revealed in Your Book, or kept unto Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen that is with You – to make the Qur’ān the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the banisher of my grief and the reliever of my anxiety.
Ahmad 3712
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْعَظِيْمُ الْحَلِيْمُ ، لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيْمِ ، لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ رَبُّ السَّمٰـوٰتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيْمِ
Lā ilāha illā-llāhu-l-ʿĀẓīmu-l-Ḥalīm, lā ilāha illā-llāhu Rabbu-l-ʿĀrshi-l-ʿAẓīm, lā ilāha illā-llāhu Rabbu-s-samāwāti wa Rabbu-l-arḍi wa Rabbu-l-ʿĀrshi-l-karīm.
There is no god but Allah, the Supreme, The Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Magnificent Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, Lord of the Noble Throne.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would invoke Allah at the time of distress with [the above]. (Bukhārī 6345, Muslim 2730)
اَللّٰهُمَّ اكْفِنِيْهِمْ بِمَا شِئْتَ
Allāhumma-kfinīhim bimā shi’ta.
O Allah, suffice me from them, with what You choose.
Muslim 3005
حَسْبُنَا اللّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيْلُ
Ḥasbunallāhu wa niʿmal Wakīl.
Allah is enough for us and He is the Best Protector.
Bukhārī 4563
اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنَّا نَجْعَلُكَ فِيْ نُحُوْرِهِمْ ، وَنَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُوْرِهِمْ
Allāhumma innā najʿaluka fī nuḥūrihim, wa naʿūdhu bika min shurūrihim.
O Allah, we make You our shield against them and we seek refuge in You from their evil.
When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was apprehensive of [a group] of people, he would say: [the above]. (Abū Dāwūd 1537)
اَللّٰهُمَّ أنْتَ عَضُدِيْ وَأَنْتَ نَصِيْرِيْ ، بِكَ أَحُوْلُ ، وبِكَ أصُوْلُ ، وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ
Allāhumma Anta Aḍudī wa Anta Naṣīrī, Bika aḥūlu, wa bika aṣūlu, wa bika uqātil.
O Allah, You are my aid and helper; by You I move, by You I attack, and by You I fight.
Anas b. Mālik (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) narrated that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on an expedition, he said [the above].” (Abū Dāwūd 2632)
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ رَبِّيْ ، لاَ أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا
Allāhu Allāhu Rabbī, lā ushriku bihi shay’ā.
Allah, Allah is my Lord, I do not assign anything as a partner to Him.
Abū Dāwūd 1525
اَللّٰهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِنَا وَاٰمِنْ رَوْعَاتِنَا
Allāhumma-stur ‘awrātinā wa āmin raw‘ātinā.
O Allah, conceal our faults and assuage my fears.
Ahmad 10613
اَللّٰهُمَّ مُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابِ ، ومُجْرِيَ السَّحَابِ ، وهَازِمَ الْأحْزَابِ ، اهْزِمْهُمْ وانْصُرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ
Allāhumma munzila-l-kitāb, wa mujriya-s-saḥāb, wa hāzima-l-aḥzāb, ihzimhum wa-n-ṣurnā ʿalayhim.
O Allah, Revealer of the Book, Mover of the clouds, Defeater of the tribes, defeat them and grant us victory over them.
Bukhārī 3025
اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمٰـوٰتِ السَّبْعِ ، وَرَبَّ العَرْشِ العَظِيْمِ ، كُنْ لِيْ جَارًا مِنْ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ ، وَأَحْزَابِهِ مِنْ خَلَائِقِكَ ؛ أنْ يَّفْرُطَ عَلَىَّ أحَدٌ مِنهُمْ أوْ يَطْغٰى ، عَزَّ جَارُكَ ، وَجَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ ، وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Allāhumma Rabb-as-samāwāti-s-sabiʿ, wa Rabba-l-ʿArshi-l-ʿaẓīm, kun lī jāran min fulāni-bni-fulān, wa aḥzābihi min khalāiqiqa; ay-yafruṭa ʿalayya aḥadun minhum aw yaṭgā, ʿazza jāruk, wa jalla thanā’uk, wa lā ilāha illā Ant.
O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, be for me a support against [such and such a person] and his helpers from among your creatures, lest any of them abuse me or do me wrong. Mighty is Your patronage, and glorious are Your praises. There is none worthy of worship but You.
ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhu) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “When one of you fears a ruler, they should say [the above].” (Ṭabarānī in Muʿjam al-Kabīr)
حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيْلُ
Ḥasbiyallāhu wa niʿmal Wakīl.
Allah is enough for me and He is the Best Protector.
Ibn ʿAbbās (radiy Allāhu ʿanhumā) said: “The last utterance of Ibrāhīm n when he was thrown into the fire was [the above].” (Bukhārī 4564)
اَللّٰهُمَّ أَحْيِنِيْ مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِّيْ ، وَتَوَفَّنِيْ إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِّيْ
Allāhumma aḥyinī mā kānati-l-ḥayātu khayral-lī, wa tawaffanī idhā kānati-l-wafātu khayral-lī.
O Allah, let me live as long as life is better for me; and give me death when death is better for me.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “None of you should wish for death because of a difficulty that befalls him. Rather he should say [the above].” (Bukhārī 5671, Muslim 2680)
لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّيْ كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِيْنَ
Lā ilāha illā Anta subḥānaka innī kuntu mina-ẓ-ẓālimīn.
There is no god worthy of worship except You; You are free from all imperfection. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers. (21:87)
Tirmidhī 3505
اَللّٰهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُوْ فَلَا تَكِلْنِيْ إِلٰى نَفْسِيْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِيْ كُلَّهُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Allāhumma raḥmataka arjū fa-lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ʿayn, wa aṣliḥ lī sha’nī kullah lā ilāha illā Ant.
O Allah! Your Mercy is what I hope for so do not entrust me to myself for the blink of an eye, rectify all of my affairs. There is no god worthy of worship but You.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The supplications for the one who is distressed are [the above].” (Abu Dāwud 5090)
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ
Al-ḥamdu li-llāh-ladhī bi-niʿmatihī tattimmu-ṣ-ṣāliḥāt.
All praise is for Allah through whose blessing righteous actions are accomplished.
When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw anything which pleased him, he used to say [the above]. (Ibn Mājah 3803, Ibn al-Sunnī 378)
لَبَّيْكَ ، إِنَّ الْعَيْشَ عَيْشُ الْآخِرَةِ
Labbayk, inna-l-‘aysha ‘ayshu-l-ākhirah.
At Your service (O Allah!), the real life is the life of the Hereafter.
Ibn Khuzaymah 4/260
اَللّٰهُمَّ لَا طَيْرَ إِلَّا طَيْرُكَ ، وَلَا خَيْرَ إِلَّا خَيْرُكَ ، وَلَا إِلٰهَ غَيْرُكَ
Allāhumma lā ṭayra illā ṭayruk, wa lā khayra illā khayruk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk.
O Allah, there is no bad omen except what You bring and no good except what You bring. There is no deity other than You.
Abu Dawud 3917
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