Trapped, cornered, out of options — the duʿāʾ said from inside the difficulty rather than after it.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌۭ فَٱنتَصِرْ
ʾannī maghlūbun fa-intaṣir
From Sūrat Al-Qamar, 54:10. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ
Rabbi inṣurnī bimā kadhdhabūni
In the Qur’an (23:26), Nuh asks Allah for help against those who denied his message.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًۭا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Rabbi ʾinna qawmī kadhdhabūni faftaḥ baynī wa-baynahum fatḥan wa-najjinī wa-man maʿiya mina al-muʾminīna
From Sūrat Ash-Shu'araa, 26:117-118. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌۭ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَوْلَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍۢ رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
Rabbanā ʿalayka tawakkalnā wa-ʾilayka ʾanabnā wa-ʾilayka al-maṣīru
From Sūrat Al-Mumtahana, 60:4. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
ʾannī massaniya aḍ-ḍurru wa-ʾanta ʾarḥamu ar-rāḥimīna
In the Qur’an (21:83), Ayyub mentions his hardship and appeals to Allah’s mercy.
وَٱذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ بِنُصْبٍۢ وَعَذَابٍ
ʾannī massaniya ash-shayṭānu binuṣbin wa-ʿadhābin
In the Qur’an (38:41), Ayyub describes his suffering and turns to Allah for help.
فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍۢ فَقِيرٌۭ
Rabbi ʾinnī limā ʾanzalta ʾilayya min khayrin fa-qīrun
In the Qur’an (28:24), Musa asks for any good that Allah sends down.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا نَفْسِى وَأَخِى فَٱفْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ
Rabbi ʾinnī lā ʾamliku ʾillā nafsī wa-ʾakhī fafruq baynanā wa-bayna al-qawmi al-fāsiqīna
From Sūrat Al-Maaida, 5:25. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًۭا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ
Rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa-ʾanta khayru al-wārithīna
In the Qur’an (21:89), Zakariya asks not to be left without an heir.
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبًۭا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Lā ʾilāha ʾillā ʾanta subḥānaka ʾinnī kuntu mina aẓ-ẓālimīna
In the Qur’an (21:87), Yunus calls upon Allah, affirming tawhid and admitting his wrongdoing.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ
Al-lahumma ʾinnī ʾaʿūdhu bika mina al-hammi wa-al-ḥazani wa-al-ʿajzi wa-al-kasali wa-al-bukhli wa-al-jubni wa-ḍalaʿi ad-dayni wa-ghalabati ar-rijāli
In Sahih al-Bukhari (6369), it is reported that the Prophet ﷺ would seek refuge from anxiety, laziness, and overpowering debt.
