Dua for anxiety, grief and distress

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   اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

   Allāhumma innī a'ūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazan, wal-'ajzi wal-kasal, wal-bukhli wal-jubn, wa ḍala'id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijāl.

   O God, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief, incapacity and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debt and being overpowered by men.

   The Prophet ﷺ frequently made this supplication.

   Al-Bukhari 6369
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   لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

   Lā ilāha illallāhul-'aẓīmul-ḥalīm, lā ilāha illallāhu rabbul-'arshil-'aẓīm, lā ilāha illallāhu rabbus-samāwāti wa rabbul-arḍi wa rabbul-'arshil-karīm.

   There is no god but God, the Magnificent, the Forbearing. There is no god but God, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but God, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth and Lord of the Noble Throne.

   The dua of distress that the Prophet ﷺ used to say.

   Al-Bukhari 6346, Muslim 2730
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   وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبٗا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

   Lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

   There is no god but You; glory be to You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.

   “The supplication of Dhun-Nun when he called from the belly of the whale: no Muslim ever calls upon God with it for anything except that God answers him.”

   Al-Anbiya 21:87 · At-Tirmidhi 3505
4. 77 times

   ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ قَدۡ جَمَعُواْ لَكُمۡ فَٱخۡشَوۡهُمۡ فَزَادَهُمۡ إِيمَٰنٗا وَقَالُواْ حَسۡبُنَا ٱللَّهُ وَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡوَكِيلُ

   Ḥasbunallāhu wa ni'mal-wakīl.

   God is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.

   Said by Ibrahim when he was thrown into the fire, and by Muhammad ﷺ when told that people had gathered against them.

   Aal Imran 3:173 · Al-Bukhari 4563
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   اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ، ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ، ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ، 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، وَجَلَاءَ حُزْنِي، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي

   Allāhumma innī 'abduk, ibnu 'abdik, ibnu amatik, nāṣiyatī biyadik, māḍin fiyya ḥukmuk, 'adlun fiyya qaḍā'uk, as'aluka bikulli ismin huwa lak, sammayta bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fī kitābik, aw 'allamtahu aḥadan min khalqik, awista'tharta bihi fī 'ilmil-ghaybi 'indak, an taj'alal-qur'āna rabī'a qalbī, wa nūra ṣadrī, wa jalā'a ḥuznī, wa dhahāba hammī.

   O God, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, the son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand; Your command over me is ever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name that is Yours, which You named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to any of Your creation, or kept to Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen: make the Quran the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the departure of my sorrow and the going of my worry.

   “No one is struck by worry or sorrow and says this except that God removes his worry and sorrow and replaces it with joy.”

   Ahmad 3712, graded sound by Ibn Hibban 972

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