Duas during times of difficulty and hardship
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the distress of affliction, from a dreadful fate, from the evil of [Your] decree, and from the malicious rejoicing of enemies.
O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Magnificent Throne, be my neighbor against the evil of the sky and the evil of the earth, and the evil of their devils, and the evil of every creature whose forelock You are seizing. Indeed, my Lord is on a straight path.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief. I seek refuge in You from helplessness and laziness. I seek refuge in You from cowardice and stinginess. I seek refuge in You from being overcome by debt and from the overpowering of men.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the overwhelming burden of debt, and from being overcome by enemies, and from the malicious joy of enemies.
O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your judgment against me is inevitable. Your decree concerning me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You, which You have bestowed upon Yourself, or You have revealed in Your Book, or You have taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the banisher of my grief, and the remover of my worries.
O Allah, there is no ease except in what You make easy. And You make the difficult easy if You wish.
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 forever executed. Your judgment on me is just. I ask You by every name that You have called Yourself, or revealed to any of Your creation, or that You have kept to Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the banisher of my grief, and the remover of my worries. And make them (my worries) removed, O Allah, from me.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the disappearance of Your blessings, and the passing away of the well-being You granted, and the suddenness of Your punishment, and all that which displeets You. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of affliction, and the attainment of misery, and the evil of decree, and the rejoicing of enemies.
O Allah, return to me my right.
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every devil and every beast, and from every evil eye.
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every devil and poisonous thing and from every evil eye.
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.