In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Remedy for Grief and Sorrow (In the Light of Hadith)

The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever is afflicted with worry, distress, or grief and recites this supplication, Allah will turn his sorrow into joy.”

(1)
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّیْ عَبْدُکَ ابْنُ عَبْدِکَ ابْنُ اَمَتِکَ نَاصِیَتِیْ بِیَدِکَ مَاضٍ فِیَّ حُکْمُکَ عَدْلٌ فِیَّ قَضَآؤُکَ اَسْئَلُکَ بِکُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَکَ سَمَّیْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَکَ اَوْ اَنْزَلْتَهُ فِیْ کِتَابِکَ اَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ اَحَدًا مِّنْ خَلْقِکَ اَوِاسْتَاْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِیْ عِلْمِ الْغَیْبِ عِنْدَکَ اَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِیْعَ قَلْبِیْ وَ نُوْرَ صَدْرِیْ وَ جَلَآءَ حُزْنِیْ وَ ذَهَابَ هَمِّیْ وَ غَمِّیْ
(Musnad Ahmad)

Transliteration: Allahumma inni ‘abduka ibnu ‘abdika ibnu amatika, nasiyati biyadika, madin fiyya hukmuka, ‘adlun fiyya qada’uka.
As’aluka bikulli ismin huwa laka, sammayta bihi nafsaka aw anzaltahu fi kitabika aw ‘allamtahu ahadan min khalqika aw ista’tharta bihi fi ‘ilmil-ghaybi ‘indaka, an taj‘alal-Qur’ana rabi‘a qalbi wa noora sadri wa jala’a huzni wa zahaba hammi wa ghammi.

Translation:
“O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your command over me is executed, and Your decree concerning me is just. I ask You by every Name belonging to You, which You have named Yourself with, revealed in Your Book, 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 remover of my sorrow, and the reliever of my distress.”

(2)
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَعُوْذُبِکَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْکَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّیْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ
(Sahih al-Bukhari)

Transliteration: Allahumma inni a‘uzu bika minal-hammi wal-hazan wal-‘ajzi wal-kasal wal-bukhli wal-jubn wa dala‘id-dayn wa ghalabatir-rijal.

Translation:
“O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, and from the burden of debt and the domination of people.”

(3)
لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللہُ الْعَظِیْمُ الْحَلِیْمُ لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللہُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِیْمِ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللہُ رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَرَبُّ الْاَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْکَرِیْمُ
(Sahih al-Bukhari)

Transliteration: La ilaha illallahul-‘azimul-haleem, la ilaha illallahu rabbul-‘arshil-‘azeem, la ilaha illallahu rabbus-samawati wa rabbul-ard wa rabbul-‘arshil-kareem.

Translation:
“There is no deity except Allah, the Magnificent, the Forbearing. There is no deity except Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no deity except Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, and Lord of the Noble Throne.”

(4)
اَللّٰهُمَّ رَحْمَتَکَ اَرْجُوْا فَلَا تَکِلْنِیْ اِلٰی نَفْسِیْ طَرْفَةَ عَیْنٍ وَاَصْلِحْ لِیْ شَانِیْ کُلَّهُ، لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ
(Sunan Abi Dawud)

Transliteration: Allahumma rahmataka arju fala takilni ila nafsi tarfata ‘aynin wa aslih li sha’ni kullahu, la ilaha illa anta.

Translation:
“O Allah, I hope for Your mercy; do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye, and set all my affairs right. There is no deity except You.”
(Recommended after every prayer)

(5)
لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ اِنِّیْ کُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِیْنَ
(Jami al-Tirmidhi)

Transliteration: La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimeen.

Translation:
“There is no deity except You. Glory be to You. Indeed, I have been among the wrongdoers.”
(Recite regularly as a daily remembrance)

(6)
اَللہُ اَللہُ رَبِّیْ لَا اُشْرِکُ بِهِ شَیْئًا
(Sunan Ibn Majah)

Transliteration: Allahu Allahu rabbi la ushriku bihi shay’an.

Translation:
“Allah, Allah is my Lord; I associate nothing with Him.”
(Recite when experiencing pain or distress)