Duas for anxiety
Supplications from the Quran for when the mind will not settle — the words prophets used in their own moments of distress.
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي
“My Lord, expand for me my chest and ease for me my task.”
Ta-Ha 20:25-26
Musa, before facing Pharaoh
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
“There is no god except You. Glory be to You! I was indeed among those who did wrong.”
Al-Anbiya 21:87
Yunus, from within the darkness
حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
“Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.”
Al-Imran 3:173
Said by the believers when warned of an army gathering against them
وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِي إِلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ
“I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of His servants.”
Ghafir 40:44
A believer of Pharaoh's house, entrusting the outcome
قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَانَا
“Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us; He is our protector.”
At-Tawbah 9:51
On accepting what has already been decreed
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