When you are grieving

Loss, separation, and sorrow that does not lift on schedule.

1 I complain of my grief only to Allah

Yaʿqūb · 12:86 · grief you are tired of explaining to people · excerpt, framing dimmed

Source: Sūrat Yusuf
12:86

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

ʾinnamā ʾashkū baththī wa-ḥuznī ʾilā al-lahi wa-ʾaʿlamu mina al-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna

English · Marmaduke Pickthall He said: I expose my distress and anguish only unto Allah, and I know from Allah that which ye know not.

Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Dedi ki: "Ben hüznümü, kederimi ancak Allah'a şikayet ederim ve Allah tarafından sizin bilmediğiniz şeyleri de bilirim."

From Sūrat Yusuf, 12:86. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.

Commentary and related duʿāʾ

2 Beautiful patience

Yaʿqūb · 12:18 · when you have been lied to and cannot prove it · excerpt, framing dimmed

Source: Sūrat Yusuf
12:18

وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍۢ كَذِبٍۢ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًۭا فَصَبْرٌۭ جَمِيلٌۭ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

Fa-ṣabrun jamīlun wa-al-lahu al-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūna

English · Marmaduke Pickthall And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: Nay, but your minds have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience. And Allah it is Whose help is to be sought in that (predicament) which ye describe.

Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Bir de gömleğinin üzerinde yalandan bir kan getirmişlerdi. Babaları dedi ki: "Hayır, nefisleriniz aldatmış da size bir iş yaptırtmış. Artık bana güzel bir sabır gerekiyor. Bu anlattıklarınıza karşılık yardımına sığınılacak olan ancak Allah'dır."

From Sūrat Yusuf, 12:18. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.

Commentary and related duʿāʾ

3 Affliction has touched me

Ayyūb · 21:83 · long illness · excerpt, framing dimmed

Source: Sūrat Al-Anbiyaa
21:83

وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

ʾannī massaniya aḍ-ḍurru wa-ʾanta ʾarḥamu ar-rāḥimīna

English · Marmaduke Pickthall And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy.

Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Eyyûb da: "Başıma bir bela geldi, (sana sığındım), sen merhametlilerin en merhametlisisin" diye Rabbine nida etti.

In the Qur’an (21:83), Ayyub mentions his hardship and appeals to Allah’s mercy.

Commentary, reflection and related duʿāʾ

4 Do not leave me alone

Zakariyyā · 21:89 · childlessness · excerpt, framing dimmed

Source: Sūrat Al-Anbiyaa
21:89

وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًۭا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

Rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa-ʾanta khayru al-wārithīna

English · Marmaduke Pickthall And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors.

Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Zekeriya da hani Rabbine: "Rabbim! Beni tek başıma bırakma, sen varislerin en hayırlısısın" diye nida etmişti.

In the Qur’an (21:89), Zakariya asks not to be left without an heir.

Commentary, reflection and related duʿāʾ

5 The call from the depths

Yūnus · 21:87 · when there is no way out and it is your own fault · excerpt, framing dimmed

Source: Sūrat Al-Anbiyaa
21:87

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

English · Marmaduke Pickthall And (mention) Dhu'n-Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that We had no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying: There is no Allah save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong-doer.

Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Zünnun'u (balık sahibi Yunus'u) da hatırla. Hani o, öfkelenerek gitmişti de, bizim kendisini hiçbir zaman sıkıştırmayacağımızı sanmıştı. Fakat sonunda karanlıklar içinde: "Senden başka ilâh yoktur, sen münezzehsin, Şüphesiz ben haksızlık edenlerden oldum" diye seslenmişti.

In the Qur’an (21:87), Yunus calls upon Allah, affirming tawhid and admitting his wrongdoing.

Commentary, reflection and related duʿāʾ

6 Refuge from anxiety and debt

Muḥammad · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6369 · in debt

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
no. 6369
Grading: ṣaḥīḥ — al-Bukhārī

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

English · unreviewed project draft O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt and from being overpowered by men.

Türkçe · Umut Candan Allah’ım! Hüzün ve kederden, acizlik ve tembellikten, cimrilik ve korkaklıktan, borç yükünden ve insanların baskısından Sana sığınırım.

In Sahih al-Bukhari (6369), it is reported that the Prophet ﷺ would seek refuge from anxiety, laziness, and overpowering debt.

7 Blot out my transgressions

Dāwūd · Psalm 51:1–2 · after a wrong you cannot undo

Source: The Book of Psalms
Psalm 51:1–2
Status: Outside the Qurʾān and Sunnah

No Arabic original — this passage is not Qurʾānic.

English · World English Bible Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

Türkçe · unreviewed project draft Ey Allah'ım, lütfunla bana merhamet et. Rahmetinin çokluğuyla isyanlarımı sil. Beni kötülüğümden tamamen yıka ve günahımdan arındır.

The best-known penitential psalm, traditionally attributed to David. Outside the Qurʾān and the Sunnah, with no Islamic chain of transmission — included because the Qurʾān records that Dāwūd sought forgiveness (38:24) without quoting his words.