Duas for Anxiety and Stress
When worry, grief or distress weighs on the heart, the Quran and Sunnah give us words to turn to Allah with. These are the authentic duas for anxiety and stress, each with its Arabic text, transliteration, meaning and source.
11 authentic duas
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ
Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-hammi wal-hazani, wal-'ajzi wal-kasali, wal-bukhli wal-jubni, wa dhala'id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijal
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debts and from being overpowered by men.
Open this dua- Musnad Ahmad · Hadith 3712
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ 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
Allahumma inni 'abduka, wabnu 'abdika, wabnu amatika, nasiyati biyadika, madin fiyya hukmuka, 'adlun fiyya qada'uka, as'aluka bi kulli ismin huwa laka, sammayta bihi nafsaka, aw anzaltahu fi kitabika, aw 'allamtahu ahadan min khalqika, awista'tharta bihi fi 'ilmil-ghaybi 'indaka, an taj'alal-Qur'ana rabi'a qalbi, wa nura sadri, wa jala'a huzni, wa dhahaba hammi
O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave and son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand, Your judgment is executed upon me, Your decree is just. I ask You by every name which belongs to You, by which You named Yourself, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to anyone of Your creation, or kept to Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to make the Quran the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the remover of my sadness and the reliever of my distress.
Open this dua لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimin
There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.
Open this duaلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ
La ilaha illallahul-'Adhimul-Halim, la ilaha illallahu Rabbul-'Arshil-'Adhim, la ilaha illallahu Rabbus-samawati wa Rabbul-ardi wa Rabbul-'Arshil-Karim
There is no god but Allah, the Mighty, 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, and Lord of the Glorious Throne.
Open this duaيَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ
Ya Hayyu ya Qayyum, bi-rahmatika astaghith
O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining, in Your mercy I seek relief.
Open this duaاللَّهُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي لاَ أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا
Allahu Allahu rabbi la ushriku bihi shay'a
Allah, Allah is my Lord; I do not associate anything with Him.
Open this duaاللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ
Allahumma rahmataka arju fala takilni ila nafsi tarfata 'aynin wa aslih li sha'ni kullahu la ilaha illa ant
O Allah, I hope for Your mercy; do not leave me to myself for even the blink of an eye. Set right all my affairs. There is no god but You.
Open this duaحَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
Hasbiyallahu la ilaha illa huwa 'alayhi tawakkaltu wa huwa rabbul-'arshil-'azim
Allah is sufficient for me. There is no deity except Him. Upon Him I rely and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.
Open this duaوَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِي إِلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ
Wa ufawwidu amri ilallah, innallaha basirun bil-'ibad
And I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of [His] servants.
Open this duaلَن يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَانَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
Lan yusibana illa ma katabAllahu lana, huwa mawlana, wa 'alallahi falyatawakkalil-mu'minun
Never will we be struck except by what Allah has decreed for us; He is our protector. And upon Allah let the believers rely.
Open this duaإِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ
Innama ashku bathi wa huzni ilallah
I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah.
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