Dua for anxiety

The Prophet ﷺ taught this dua for anxiety and grief, and attached a promise to it: no one says it in anxiety except that Allah takes away the sorrow and replaces it with joy (Ahmad 1/391).

Dua for Anxiety

Said once

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ابْنُ 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 ibnu 'abdika ibnu amatika, nasiyati biyadik, madin fiyya hukmuk, 'adlun fiyya qada'uk, as'aluka bi-kulli ismin huwa laka sammayta bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fi kitabik, aw 'allamtahu ahadan min khalqik, awista'tharta bihi fi 'ilmil-ghaybi 'indak, an taj'alal-Qur'ana rabi'a qalbi, wa nura sadri, wa jala'a huzni, wa dhahaba hammi

O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or You taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Quran the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety.

Hisnul Muslim 34, Ahmad 1/391 · Hadith

The Prophet ﷺ said: No person suffers anxiety and then says this except that Allah will take away his sorrow and replace it with joy.

When to read it

  • Say it when the worry comes, in any language you understand, as many times as you need.
  • If it is too long to hold in the moment, the shorter dua of Yunus below is one line, and Allah answers whoever calls with it (Tirmidhi 3505).

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2 more the Prophet ﷺ taught alongside it.

Dua for Worry & Grief

Said once

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ، وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-hammi wal-hazan, wal-'ajzi wal-kasal, wal-bukhli wal-jubn, wa dala'id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijal

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief, from helplessness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt and from being overpowered by men.

Bukhari 6363, 6369 · Hadith

Anas (RA), who served the Prophet ﷺ, said he heard him say this often.

Dua of Yunus (AS)

Said once

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

La ilaha illa Anta, Subhanaka, inni kuntu min adh-dhalimin

Dua of Prophet Yunus (as) — "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

Al-Anbiya 21:87, Tirmidhi 3505 · Qur’an

The dua of Prophet Yunus. No Muslim calls upon Allah with this in any matter except that Allah responds to him.

Questions

What is the dua for anxiety?
Allahumma inni abduka ibnu abdika ibnu amatika, "O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant...", ending with a request that Allah make the Qur’an the life of the heart and a release for anxiety (Ahmad 1/391, Hisnul Muslim 34). The Prophet ﷺ said that no one suffering anxiety says it except that Allah replaces the sorrow with joy.
Is there a short dua for anxiety?
Yes. La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimin, the dua of Yunus (Al-Anbiya 21:87). The Prophet ﷺ said no Muslim calls on Allah with it in any matter except that He responds (Tirmidhi 3505).

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