Patience & Trust in Allah
الصبر والتوكل
Relying on Allah, entrusting your affair to Him, and asking for patience.
From the Quran
Rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa thabbit aqdāmanā wanṣurnā ʿalal-qawmil-kāfirīn.
Our Lord, pour upon us patience, make our feet firm, and give us victory over the disbelieving people.
[ Surah Al-Baqara 2:250 ]
Ḥasbunallāhu wa niʿmal-wakīl.
Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.
Said by Ibrahim ﷺ when he was cast into the fire, and by the Prophet ﷺ and his companions when they were warned that an army had gathered against them. (Sahih al-Bukhari 4563)
[ Surah Aal-i-Imraan 3:173 ]
Rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa tawaffanā muslimīn.
Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims.
Said by The magicians of Pharaoh
[ Surah Al-A'raaf 7:126 ]
Ḥasbiyallāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa Huwa Rabbul-ʿArshil-ʿaẓīm.
Sufficient for me is Allah; there is no deity except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.
Whoever says it seven times morning and evening, Allah suffices him in whatever worries him. (Sunan Abi Dawud 5081)
[ Surah At-Tawba 9:129 ]
Annī massaniyaḍ-ḍurru wa Anta arḥamur-rāḥimīn.
Adversity has truly touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful.
Said by Prophet Ayyub ﷺ
[ Surah Al-Anbiyaa 21:83 ]
Wa ufawwiḍu amrī ilallāh, innallāha Baṣīrun bil-ʿibād.
And I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of His servants.
[ Surah Ghafir 40:44 ]
Rabbanā ʿalayka tawakkalnā wa ilayka anabnā wa ilaykal-maṣīr.
Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have turned, and to You is the final destination.
[ Surah Al-Mumtahana 60:4 ]
Upon seeing someone in trial or tribulation
دعاء من رأى مبتلىAlhamdu lillāhi ‘l-ladhī `āfānī mimmab-talāka bihi wa faḍḍalanī `alā kathīrin mimman khalaqa tafḍīlā.
Praise is to Allah Who has spared me what He has afflicted you with, and preferred me greatly above much of what He has created.
[ At-Tirmidhi 5/493,4. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/153. Hisn al-Muslim 194 ]