15 adhkar for when you feel Dua When Nervous

Dua When Nervous

Nervous

Also known as: dua for nervousness · dua for nerves · dua to say when nervous

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Refuge from Worry, Debt and Weakness

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَقَهْرِ الرِّجَالِ.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief. I seek refuge in You from incapacity and laziness. I seek refuge in You from cowardice and miserliness. And I seek refuge in You from being overwhelmed by debt and from the domination of men.

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-l-jubni wa-l-bukhl, wa aʿūdhu bika min ghalabati-d-dayni wa qahri-r-rijāl.

Asking for Well-Being and Protection Morning and Evening

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ، اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِيْ دِيْنِيْ وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِيْ وَمَالِيْ ، اَللّٰهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِيْ وَآمِنْ رَّوْعَاتِيْ ، اَللّٰهُمَّ احْفَظْنِيْ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ ، وَمِنْ خَلْفِيْ ، وَعَنْ يَّمِيْنِيْ ، وَعَنْ شِمَالِيْ ، وَمِنْ فَوْقِيْ ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِيْ.

O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly life, my family and my wealth. O Allah, cover my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, protect me from in front of me, from behind me, from my right, from my left and from above me; and I seek refuge in Your greatness from being struck down unseen from beneath me.

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿāfiyata fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhira. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyata fī dīnī wa-dunyāya wa-ahlī wa-mālī. Allāhumma-stur ʿawrātī wa-āmin rawʿātī. Allāhumma-ḥfaẓnī min bayni yadayya wa-min khalfī wa-ʿan yamīnī wa-ʿan shimālī wa-min fawqī, wa-aʿūdhu bi-ʿaẓamatika an ughtāla min taḥtī.

Calling on the Ever-Living to Set Affairs Right

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.

Allah Is Sufficient for Me

حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ، عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ ، وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيْمِ.

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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.

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Prayer for an Open Chest and Easy Affair

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِيْ صَدْرِيْ ، وَيَسِّرْ لِيْٓٓ أَمْرِيْْ.

My Lord, open up my chest for me, and make my task easy for me.

Rabbi-shraḥ lī ṣadrī, wa yassir lī amrī.

Ayyūb's Call: You Are Most Merciful

-رَبِّ- أَنِّيْ مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرّٰحِمِيْن.

My Lord, harm has touched me, and You are the most merciful of those who show mercy.

Rabbi annī massaniya-ḍ-ḍurru wa anta arḥamu-r-rāḥimīn

Supplication of One in Distress

اَللّٰهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُوْ فَلَا تَكِلْنِيْ إِلٰى نَفْسِيْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِيْ كُلَّهُ ، لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

O Allah, it is Your mercy I hope for, so do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye. and set right for me all my affairs. There is no god but You.

Allāhumma raḥmataka arjū, fa-lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ʿayn, wa-aṣliḥ lī shaʾnī kullahu, lā ilāha illā ant.

Preferring Prison and Seeking Protection from Temptation

رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

My Lord, prison is dearer to me than what they call me to. And unless You turn their scheming away from me, I will incline toward them and be among the ignorant.

Rabbi-s-sijnu aḥabbu ilayya mimmā yadʿūnanī ilayhi wa-illā taṣrif ʿannī kaydahunna aṣbu ilayhinna wa-akun mina-l-jāhilīn

Dua for a Sound Entrance and a Sound Exit

رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَـٰنًا نَّصِيرًا

My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and cause me to exit a sound exit, and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority.

Rabbi adkhilnī mudkhala ṣidqin wa akhrijnī mukhraja ṣidqin wa-jʿal lī mil-ladunka sulṭānan naṣīrā.

Dua of Parents for a Sound Child

لَئِنْ ءَاتَيْتَنَا صَـٰلِحًا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ

"If You give us a righteous [child], we will surely be among the grateful."

La’in ātaytanā ṣāliḥal-lanakūnanna mina-sh-shākirīn.

Dua When Boarding a Vessel

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ

In the name of Allah is its course and its anchorage.

Bismi-llāhi majrāhā wa mursāhā.

Refuge in Allah Against Wrongdoing

مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

Allah forbid! Truly, he is my lord, who has made good my dwelling. Truly, the wrongdoers never succeed.

Maʿādha-llāhi innahu rabbī aḥsana mathwāy innahu lā yufliḥu-ẓ-ẓālimūn.

Dua for a Blessed Landing Place

رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِى مُنزَلًا مُّبَارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ

My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best of those who accommodate.

Rabbi anzilnī munzalam-mubārakan wa Anta khayru-l-munzilīn.

Fear That He Will Act Hastily or Transgress

رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ

Our Lord, we fear that he will rush against us or that he will transgress.

Rabbanā innanā nakhāfu an yafruṭa ʿalaynā aw an yaṭghā

Untying the Knot from the Tongue

وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى

And untie the knot from my tongue.

Wa-ḥlul ʿuqdatan min lisānī

Questions and answers

What dua to read when nervous?

Prayer for an Open Chest and Easy Affair, rabbi ishrah li sadri wa yassir li amri, is the dua of Musa in Qur’an 20:25-26 asking Allah to expand his chest and ease his task. In the Qur’an it is followed by Untying the Knot from the Tongue, Qur’an 20:27.

Which dua asks for a good entrance and exit?

Dua for a Sound Entrance and a Sound Exit, rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqin wa akhrijni mukhraja sidqin, is from Qur’an 17:80. It asks Allah for a truthful entrance and exit and a helping authority from Him.

What is the supplication of one in distress?

Supplication of One in Distress, Allahumma rahmataka arju fala takilni ila nafsi tarfata ayn, is reported in Abu Dawud 5090. Ibn Hajar graded it hasan in Nata'ij al-Afkar (Ibn Hajar).