13 adhkar for when you feel Dua When Confused
Confused
Also known as: dua for confusion · dua when you are confused · dua for clarity
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيْثُ ، أَصْلِحْ لِيْ شَأْنِيْ كُلَّهُ ، وَلَا تَكِلْنِيْ إِلَىٰ نَفْسِيْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.
O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining, in Your mercy I cry out for help. Set right all my affairs for me, and do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye.
Yā ḥayyu yā qayyūm, bi-raḥmatika astaghīth, aṣliḥ lī shaʾnī kullahū, wa-lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ʿayn.
حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ، عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ ، وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيْمِ.
Allah is enough for me. There is no god but Him. In Him I have placed my trust, and He is the Lord of the mighty Throne.
Ḥasbiya-llāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu, wa-huwa rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ. اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ ، الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ ، مٰلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ ، إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُ ، اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيْمَ ، صِرَاطَ الَّذِيْنَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوْبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّآلِّيْنَ.
In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful, Master of the Day of Recompense. You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help. Guide us to the straight path, the path of those You have favoured, not of those who have earned anger, nor of those who have gone astray.
Bismi-llāhi-r-raḥmāni-r-raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn. Ar-raḥmāni-r-raḥīm. Māliki yawmi-d-dīn. Iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīn. Ihdinā-ṣ-ṣirāṭa-l-mustaqīm. Ṣirāṭa-lladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri-l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa-lā-ḍ-ḍāllīn.
رَبِّ إِنِّيْ لِمَآ أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيْرٌ.
My Lord, I am truly in need of whatever good You send down to me.
Rabbi innī li-mā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīr
اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ ضِيْقِ الدُّنْيَا وَضِيْقِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the narrowness of this world and the narrowness of the Day of Resurrection.
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ḍīqi-d-dunyā wa ḍīqi yawmi-l-qiyāmah.
اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ ، مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ ، مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ ، اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَاذَ مِنْهُ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ ، اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ ، وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ ، وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كُلَّ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ لِيْ خَيْرًا
O Allah, I ask You for all good, what comes soon and what comes later, what I know of it and what I do not know. I seek refuge in You from all evil, what comes soon and what comes later, what I know of it and what I do not know. O Allah, I ask You for the best of what Your servant and Your Prophet asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what Your servant and Your Prophet sought refuge from. O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and whatever brings one closer to it, in word or deed, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and whatever brings one closer to it, in word or deed. And I ask You to make every decree You have decreed for me good.
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka mina-l-khayri kullihi ʿājilihi wa-ājilihi, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam, wa-aʿūdhu bika mina-sh-sharri kullihi ʿājilihi wa-ājilihi, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min khayri mā saʾalaka ʿabduka wa-nabiyyuka, wa-aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ʿādha minhu ʿabduka wa-nabiyyuka. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-jannata wa-mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamalin, wa-aʿūdhu bika mina-n-nāri wa-mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamalin, wa-asʾaluka an tajʿala kulla qaḍāʾin qaḍaytahu lī khayrā
اَللّٰهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِيْ دِيْنِيَ الَّذِيْ هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِيْ ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِيْ دُنْيَايَ الَّتِيْ فِيْهَا مَعَاشِيْ ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِيْ آخِرَتِيَ الَّتِيْ فِيْهَا مَعَادِيْ ، وَاجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِّيْ فِيْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ ، وَاجْعَلِ الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِّيْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
O Allah, set right for me my religion, which is the safeguard of my affairs. Set right for me my worldly life, in which is my livelihood. Set right for me my hereafter, in which is my return. Make life an increase for me in every good, and make death a rest for me from every evil.
Allāhumma aṣliḥ lī dīniya-lladhī huwa ʿiṣmatu amrī, wa-aṣliḥ lī dunyāya-llatī fīhā maʿāshī, wa-aṣliḥ lī ākhiratiya-llatī fīhā maʿādī, wa-jʿali-l-ḥayāta ziyādatan lī fī kulli khayr, wa-jʿali-l-mawta rāḥatan lī min kulli sharr.
اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِيْ قَلْبِيْ نُوْرًا ، وَفِيْ بَصَرِيْ نُوْرًا ، وَفِيْ سَمْعِيْ نُوْرًا ، وَعَنْ يَّمِيْنِيْ نُوْرًا ، وَعَنْ يَّسَارِيْ نُوْرًا ، وَفَوْقِيْ نُوْرًا ، وَتَحْتِيْ نُوْرًا ، وَأَمَامِيْ نُوْرًا ، وَخَلْفِيْ نُوْرًا ، وَاجْعَلْ لِّيْ نُوْرًا
O Allah, put light in my heart, light in my sight, light in my hearing, light on my right, light on my left, light above me, light below me, light before me and light behind me, and make for me a light.
Allāhumma-jʿal fī qalbī nūran, wa-fī baṣarī nūran, wa-fī samʿī nūran, wa-ʿan yamīnī nūran, wa-ʿan yasārī nūran, wa-fawqī nūran, wa-taḥtī nūran, wa-amāmī nūran, wa-khalfī nūran, wa-jʿal lī nūrā.
رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ
Our Lord, decide between us and our people with truth, and You are the best of those who decide.
Rabbana-ftaḥ baynanā wa bayna qawminā bi-l-ḥaqqi wa Anta khayru-l-fātiḥīn.
عَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِى سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ
Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the right path.
ʿAsā rabbī an yahdiyanī sawāʾa-s-sabīl.
عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَـٰذَا رَشَدًا
Perhaps my Lord will guide me to something nearer to right guidance than this.
ʿasā an yahdiyani rabbī li-aqraba min hādhā rashadā
اللهمَّ سَدِّدْني واهْدِنِي
O Allah, keep me on the right course and guide me.
Allāhumma saddidnī wa-hdinī
Set Right My Religion, World and Hereafter is one of the duas for times of confusion. It begins Allahumma aslih li diniya alladhi huwa ismatu amri and is reported in Muslim 2720.
Perhaps My Lord Will Guide Me is the dua of Musa in Qur’an 28:22: asa rabbi an yahdiyani sawa al-sabil. The page also gives Asking Allah to Guide Me to a Better Path, from Qur’an 18:24.
Asking Allah for Light in Every Direction is reported in Bukhari 6316. In it the servant asks Allah to place light in his heart, sight and hearing, and on his right and his left.
