Duas for anxiety and distress, with Arabic and sources

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

Allāhumma innī a`ūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazan, wal-`ajzi wal-kasal, wal-bukhli wal-jubn, wa ḍala`id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijāl.

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 others. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

Lā ilāha illallāhul-`Aẓīmul-Ḥalīm, lā ilāha illallāhu Rabbul-`Arshil-`Aẓīm, lā ilāha illallāhu Rabbus-samāwāti wa Rabbul-arḍi wa Rabbul-`Arshil-Karīm.

None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Mighty, the Forbearing. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, Lord of the Magnificent Throne. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth and Lord of the Noble Throne. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)

Ibn 'Abbas said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say this at times of distress (Sahih al-Bukhari 6346).

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ، ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ، ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُــــلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ، سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ القُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي، وَجَلاَءَ حُزْنِي، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي

Allāhumma innī `abduk, ibnu `abdik, ibnu amatik, nāṣiyatī biyadik, māḍin fiyya ḥukmuk, `adlun fiyya qaḍā'uk, as'aluka bikullismin huwa lak, sammayta bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fī kitābik, aw `allamtahu aḥadan min khalqik, awista'tharta bihi fī `ilmil-ghaybi `indak, an taj`alal-Qur'āna rabī`a qalbī, wa nūra ṣadrī, wa jalā'a ḥuznī, wa dhahāba hammī.

O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand, Your judgement over me is done, and Your decree for me is just. I ask You by every name that is Yours, with which You have named Yourself, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to any of Your creation, or kept with Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen, to make the Quran the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the removal of my sadness and the end of my worry. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)

Ibn al-Qayyim graded it sahih, Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut graded it sahih in his notes on Zad al-Ma'ad and on Sahih Ibn Hibban (972), and Ibn Hibban included it in his Sahih. Al-Arna'ut graded the Musnad's own chain weak, and Ibn Baz expressed some reservation.

اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو، فَلاَ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Allāhumma raḥmataka arjū, falā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata `ayn, wa aṣliḥ lī sha'nī kullah, lā ilāha illā ant.

O Allah, it is Your mercy I hope for, so do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye, and set right all my affairs. None has the right to be worshipped but You. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)

The Prophet ﷺ called these "the supplications of the one in distress" (Sunan Abi Dawud 5090).

لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Lā ilāha illā anta sub'ḥānaka innī kuntu mina l-ẓālimīna

There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers. (Saheeh International (quran.com); transliteration: quran.com word by word)

The Prophet ﷺ said that no Muslim calls upon Allah with it for anything without Allah answering him. (Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3505 · Sahih (al-Albani))

اللَّهُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي لاَ أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئاً

Allāhu Allāhu Rabbī, lā ushriku bihi shay'ā.

Allah, Allah is my Lord; I do not associate anything with Him. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com))

The Prophet ﷺ taught it to Asma' bint 'Umays to say in distress (Sunan Abi Dawud 1525).

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ سَهْلَ إِلاَّ مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلاً، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلاً

Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā ja`altahu sahlā, wa anta taj`alul-ḥazna idhā shi'ta sahlā.

O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You make the difficult easy if You will. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)

حَسْبُنَا ٱللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ ٱلْوَكِيلُ

Ḥasbunā l-lahu waniʿ'ma l-wakīlu

Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs. (Saheeh International (quran.com); transliteration: quran.com word by word)

Ibn 'Abbas said these words were said by Ibrahim when he was thrown into the fire, and by Muhammad ﷺ when he was told that people had gathered against him (Sahih al-Bukhari 4563).

اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِيهِمْ بِمَا شِئْتَ

Allāhummak-finīhim bimā shi't.

O Allah, protect me from them however You will. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)

From the story of the boy and the king, told by the Prophet ﷺ: the boy said it when men were sent to kill him (Sahih Muslim 3005).

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي، وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرَاً مِنْهَا

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rāji`ūn, Allāhumma'jurnī fī muṣībatī wa akhlif lī khayran minhā.

We belong to Allah and to Him we return. O Allah, reward me in my affliction and give me something better in its place. (Hisn al-Muslim translation (sunnah.com), adapted to follow the Arabic)

The Prophet ﷺ said that any Muslim struck by a calamity who says this, Allah gives him something better in its place. (Sahih Muslim 918 · in Sahih Muslim)

يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ

Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūmu, biraḥmatika astaghīth.

O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all, by Your mercy I seek help. (Jami' at-Tirmidhi translation (sunnah.com), adapted)

Anas said that whenever a matter distressed the Prophet ﷺ, he would say this (Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3524). A longer form for the morning and evening is on our morning adhkar page.

Grading: Accepted: al-Albani graded it hasan (Sahih al-Tirmidhi 3524; al-Kalim al-Tayyib 119). Questioned: al-Tirmidhi called it gharib; Ibn Hajar and Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut noted that its narrator Yazid ibn Aban al-Raqashi is weak.