For seasons that do not lift quickly — the prayers of Ayyub and Yunus, patience in loss, words for the sick.
Islam does not ask believers to perform wellness. Ayyub cried out from years of loss; Yunus called from three darknesses; and both were answered. The duas on this page are for the seasons that do not lift quickly: the prayer of patience when catastrophe lands, the prayer of Ayyub when the body and life have both broken, words for the sick, and the sunna of placing a hand where it hurts. If low mood persists, seek treatment as well — dua and medicine are not rivals in this deen. The Arabic below is copied byte-for-byte from Niyat's reviewed dua library, and each card links to the full page with its exact reference in the Quran or the hadith collections.
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي، وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا
Transliteration. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. Allahumma ajurni fi musibati, wa akhlif lee khayran minha
Meaning. Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return. O Allah, reward me in my calamity and give me something better than it in exchange.
The first response to loss: return to Allah, then ask that the calamity be repaid and replaced with better. Umm Salamah reported the Prophet's ﷺ instruction to say it.
Source: Sahih Muslim 918 — read the full dua page
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
Transliteration. wa-ayyūba idh nādā rabbahu annī massaniya l-ḍuru wa-anta arḥamu l-rāḥimīna
Meaning. And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful
Ayyub's prayer after years of losing health, wealth, and family — the Quran's shortest lesson in asking while still trusting.
Source: Quran 21:83 — read the full dua page
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبًۭا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Transliteration. wadhā l-nūni idh dhahaba mughāḍiban faẓanna an lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fī l-ẓulumāti an lā ilāha illā anta sub'ḥānaka innī kuntu mina l-ẓālimīna
Meaning. And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers
Called from inside the whale: a confession joined to the Quran's own warning that no one despairs of Allah's relief except those who have lost the path.
Source: Quran 21:87 — read the full dua page
وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا۟ لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًۭا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Transliteration. walammā barazū lijālūta wajunūdihi qālū rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wathabbit aqdāmanā wa-unṣur'nā ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīna
Meaning. And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people
The prayer of believers facing a stronger force — for patience under strike and feet that do not retreat.
Source: Quran 2:250 — read the full dua page
وَمَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِىٓ أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Transliteration. wamā kāna qawlahum illā an qālū rabbanā igh'fir lanā dhunūbanā wa-is'rāfanā fī amrinā wathabbit aqdāmanā wa-unṣur'nā ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīna
Meaning. And their words were not but that they said, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people
A prayer with two requests only: forgiveness, and the strength to hold steady against hardship.
Source: Quran 3:147 — read the full dua page
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا
Transliteration. Allahumma Rabban-nas, adh-hibil ba's, ishfi antash-shafi, la shifa'a illa shifa'uk, shifa'an la yughadiru saqama
Meaning. O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the suffering. Heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing — a healing that leaves no illness behind.
The Prophet's ﷺ dua for the sick — and a prayer for pains that medicine has names for, and ones it does not.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5743 — read the full dua page
لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Transliteration. La ba'sa tahurun in sha Allah
Meaning. No worry, it is a purification, if Allah wills.
Words for the suffering person: no harm, and a means of purification — illness understood as cleansing, not punishment.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 5656 — read the full dua page
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ (ثَلَاثًا) أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ (سَبْعًا)
Transliteration. Bismillah (3x). A'udhu billahi wa qudratihi min sharri ma ajidu wa uhadhiru (7x)
Meaning. In the name of Allah (3 times). I seek refuge in Allah and in His power from the evil of what I find and what I fear (7 times). Recite while placing the hand on the place of pain.
Hand on the place that hurts: Bismillah three times, then refuge in Allah and His power from the evil of what is felt and feared, seven times.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2202 — read the full dua page
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The Quran records the prayers of Ayyub (Quran 21:83) and Yunus (Quran 21:87) from their darkest moments, and the sunna teaches patience in calamity. Persistent depression also warrants professional treatment; dua and therapy work together.
Anni massaniyad-duurru wa anta arhamur-rahimin — 'Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful' (Quran 21:83). The full Arabic appears in the cards above.
Say inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un, then: Allahumma'jurni fi musibati wa akhlif li khayran minha — 'O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it with something better' (Sahih Muslim 918).
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