Duas for relief from anxiety, worry, and distress
O Allah, I ask You by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation: keep me alive so long as You know that life is better for me, and cause me to die when You know that death is better for me. O Allah, I ask You for Your fear in secret and in public. I ask You for the word of truth in times of contentment and anger. I ask You for moderation in poverty and wealth. I ask You for everlasting bliss. I ask You for the joy of my eye which never ceases. I ask You for contentment after Your decree. I ask You for a pleasant life after death. I ask You for the delight of looking at Your Face and the longing to meet You. I seek refuge in You from ignominious hardship and misguiding error. O Allah, adorn us with the adornment of faith, and make us guides who are guided.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of affliction, the attainment of misery, the evil of decree, and the rejoicing of enemies.
Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. On Him I have placed my trust, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.
O Allah, we place You before them, and we seek refuge in You from their evils.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from distress and sorrow, and I seek refuge in You from incapacity and laziness, and I seek refuge in You from cowardice and stinginess, and I seek refuge in You from being overcome by debt and subjugated by men.
O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your female servant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your command over me is effective. Your decree concerning me is just. I ask You by every name that You have called Yourself, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to any of Your creation, or kept unto Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen that You possess, to make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, and the light of my chest, the banisher of my grief, and the reliever of my anxiety.
Affliction has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.
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 enacted, and Your decision concerning me is just. I ask You by every name that You have called Yourself, or taught to any one of Your creation, or revealed in Your Book, or preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur'an the springtime of my heart, the light of my chest, the banisher of my sadness, and the remover of my anxieties.