For anxiety and sorrow
Onceاللّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ القُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي وَنورَ صَدْرِي وجَلَاءَ حُزْنِي وذَهَابَ هَمِّي
TransliterationAllāhumma innī `abduk, ibnu `abdik, ibnu amatik, nāṣiyatī biyadik, māḍin fiyya ḥukmuk, `adlun fiyya qaḍā'uk, as'aluka bikulli-smin huwa lak, sammayta bihī nafsak, aw anzaltahū fī kitābik, aw `allamtahū aḥadan min khalqik, awista'tharta bihī fī `ilmil-ghaybi `indak, an taj`alal-qur'āna rabī`a qalbī, wa nūra ṣadrī, wa jalā'a ḥuznī, wa dhahāba hammī.
EnglishO Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant and Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is carried out, and Your decree for me is just. I ask You by every name that is Yours, with which You named Yourself, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to any of Your creation, or kept with Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen, to make the Quran the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the removal of my sadness and the end of my worry.
Roman UrduAe Allah, main Tera banda hoon, Tere bande ka beta aur Teri bandi ka beta. Meri peshani Tere haath mein hai, mujh par Tera hukm jaari hai aur mere baare mein Tera faisla insaf wala hai. Main Tujh se Tere har us naam ke wasile se sawal karta hoon jo Tera hai, jo Tu ne apna rakha, ya apni kitaab mein utaara, ya apni makhlooq mein se kisi ko sikhaya, ya apne paas ilm-e-ghaib mein mehfooz rakha, ke Tu Quran ko mere dil ki bahaar, mere seene ka noor, mere gham ko door karne wala aur meri pareshani ko le jaane wala bana de.
For worry, sadness and weakness
Onceاللّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَال
TransliterationAllāhumma innī a`ūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥuzn, wal-`ajzi wal-kasal, wal-bukhli wal-jubn, wa ḍala`id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijāl.
EnglishO Allah, I seek Your protection from worry and grief, from helplessness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, and from the burden of debt and being overpowered by people.
Roman UrduAe Allah, main Teri panah mangta hoon fikr aur gham se, aajizi aur susti se, kanjoosi aur buzdili se, aur qarz ke bojh aur logon ke ghalbe se.
In times of distress
Onceلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ
TransliterationLā ilāha illallāhul-`aẓīmul-ḥalīm, lā ilāha illallāhu rabbul-`arshil-`aẓīm, lā ilāha illallāhu rabbus-samāwāti wa rabbul-arḍi wa rabbul-`arshil-karīm.
EnglishThere is no god but Allah, the Mighty, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth and Lord of the Noble Throne.
Roman UrduAllah ke siwa koi mabood nahin jo azmat wala aur burdbaar hai. Allah ke siwa koi mabood nahin jo Arsh-e-Azeem ka Rab hai. Allah ke siwa koi mabood nahin jo aasmanon ka Rab, zameen ka Rab aur Arsh-e-Kareem ka Rab hai.
When everything feels too much
Onceاللّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجو فَلا تَكِلني إِلى نَفْسي طَرْفَةَ عَيْن، وَأَصْلِحْ لي شَأْني كُلَّه لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أنْت
TransliterationAllāhumma raḥmataka arjū, falā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata `ayn, wa aṣliḥ lī sha'nī kullah, lā ilāha illā ant.
EnglishO Allah, it is Your mercy that I hope for, so do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye, and set all my affairs right. There is no god but You.
Roman UrduAe Allah, main Teri hi rehmat ki umeed rakhta hoon, pas mujhe palak jhapakne ke barabar bhi mere nafs ke hawale na kar, aur mere saare kaam durust kar de. Tere siwa koi mabood nahin.
The dua of Prophet Yunus (in the belly of the whale)
لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ (٨٧)
TransliterationLā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn.
EnglishThere is no god but You, glory be to You. I have certainly been one of the wrongdoers.
Roman UrduTere siwa koi mabood nahin, Tu paak hai, beshak main hi zalimon mein se tha.
When something is difficult
اللَّهُمَّ لاَ سَهْلَ إِلاَّ مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلاً، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلاً
TransliterationAllāhumma lā sahla illā mā ja`altahū sahlā, wa anta taj`alul-ḥazna idhā shi'ta sahlā.
EnglishO Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You make the difficult easy when You will.
Roman UrduAe Allah, koi kaam aasaan nahin magar jise Tu aasaan kar de, aur Tu jab chahe mushkil ko aasaan bana deta hai.
When afraid or under pressure
اللهُ اللهُ رَبِّي لا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئاً
TransliterationAllāhu Allāhu rabbī lā ushriku bihī shay'ā.
EnglishAllah, Allah is my Lord; I do not associate anything with Him.
Roman UrduAllah, Allah mera Rab hai, main Us ke saath kisi cheez ko shareek nahin karta.
Asking Allah to set every affair right
يا حَيُّ يا قَيّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغيث ، أَصْلِحْ لي شَأْني كُلَّه ، وَلا تَكِلني إِلى نَفْسي طَرْفَةَ عَين
TransliterationYā ḥayyu yā qayyūm, biraḥmatika astaghīth, aṣliḥ lī sha'nī kullah, wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata `ayn.
EnglishO Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all, by Your mercy I call for help. Set all my affairs right, and do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye.
Roman UrduAe hamesha zinda rehne wale, ae sab ko qaim rakhne wale, Teri rehmat ke wasile se main madad mangta hoon. Mere saare kaam durust farma de, aur mujhe palak jhapakne ke barabar bhi mere nafs ke hawale na kar.
For fear, bad dreams and restlessness at night
أَعوذُ بِكَلِماتِ اللّهِ التّامّاتِ مِن غَضَبِهِ وَعِقابِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبادِهِ وَمِنْ هَمَزاتِ الشَّياطينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضرون
TransliterationA`ūdhu bikalimātillāhit-tāmmāti min ghaḍabihī wa `iqābihī wa sharri `ibādih, wa min hamazātish-shayāṭīni wa an yaḥḍurūn.
EnglishI seek protection in the perfect words of Allah from His anger and His punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the whispers of the devils and from their coming near me.
Roman UrduMain Allah ke mukammal kalimaat ki panah mangta hoon Us ke ghusse aur Us ki saza se, Us ke bandon ki buraai se, aur shaitanon ke waswason se aur is se ke woh mere paas aayen.
For debt and money worries
اللّهُمَّ اكْفِني بِحَلالِكَ عَنْ حَرامِك، وَأَغْنِني بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِواك
TransliterationAllāhummak-finī biḥalālika `an ḥarāmik, wa aghninī bifaḍlika `amman siwāk.
EnglishO Allah, make what is halal enough for me so that I need nothing haram, and by Your grace make me need no one but You.
Roman UrduAe Allah, apne halal ke zariye mujhe haram se bacha kar kaafi kar de, aur apne fazl se mujhe apne siwa har kisi se be-niyaz kar de.
When something bad happens
قَدَّرَ اللهُ وَما شاءَ فَعَل
TransliterationQaddarallāhu wa mā shā'a fa`al.
EnglishAllah has decreed it, and He does whatever He wills.
Roman UrduAllah ne yahi muqaddar kiya, aur woh jo chahta hai karta hai.
When afraid of someone's harm
اللّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَجْعَلُكَ في نُحورِهِم، وَنَعوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرورِهمْ
TransliterationAllāhumma innā naj`aluka fī nuḥūrihim, wa na`ūdhu bika min shurūrihim.
EnglishO Allah, we place You before them, and we seek Your protection from their evil.
Roman UrduAe Allah, hum Tujhe un ke muqable mein rakhte hain aur un ki buraiyon se Teri panah mangte hain.