Supplications in times of distress and anxiety

لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْعَظِيْمُ الْحَلِيْمُ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيْمِ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَرَبُّ الْاَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيْمِ

There is no deity except Allah, (He is) the Magnificent, the Forbearing. There is no deity except Allah, (who is) the Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no deity except Allah, (who is) the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth and the Lord of the Noble Throne.

1. Sahih al-Bukhari, no. (6346), Sahih Muslim, no. (2730), Sunan at-Tirmidhi, no. (3435), Sunan Ibn Majah, no. (3883).

اَللّٰهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ اَرْجُوْ فَلَا تَكِلْنِيْ اِلٰى نَفْسِيْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَّاَصْلِحْ لِيْ شَأْنِيْ كُلَّهٗ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّآ اَنْتَ

O Allah! It is Your mercy alone that I hope for, so do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye, and set right all my affairs for me. There is no deity except You.

1. Hasan, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (5090), the wording is his, Musnad Ahmad (5/42), Sahih Ibn Hibban, no. (970), and al-Albani graded it Hasan in “Takhrij al-Kalim at-Tayyib” (page 118).

   Ja'far bin Maymun is a narrator who is hasan in hadith, so it is not correct to call this hadith weak because of him. For details see: Anwar an-Nasihah (d/5090).

لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّآ اَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ اِنِّيْ كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِيْنَ

There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.

1. Sahih, Sunan at-Tirmidhi (3505), al-Mustadrak of al-Hakim (1/505), and al-Albani graded it Sahih in “Takhrij al-Kalim at-Tayyib” no. (123) and in “as-Sahihah” no. (1744).

اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ رَبِّيْ لَآ اُشْرِكُ بِهٖ شَيْئًا

Allah, Allah is my Lord; I do not associate anything with Him.

1. Sahih, Sunan Abi Dawud (1525), Sunan Ibn Majah (3882), and al-Albani graded it Sahih in “Sahih Abi Dawud (5/255)” no. (1364), “as-Sahihah” no. (2755).