Duas for strength in old age and caring for elderly parents
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the cessation of Your blessings, the change of Your protection, the suddenness of Your punishment, and all of Your displeasure.
O Allah, make me patient, and make me grateful, and make me small in my own eyes, and great in the eyes of people.
O Allah, allow us to enjoy our hearing, our sight, and our strength as long as You keep us alive, and make it our heir. And make our revenge against those who wrong us, and help us against those who are hostile towards us.
O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, grant him well-being and pardon him, honor his reception, make his grave spacious, cleanse him with water, snow, and hail. Purify him from sins just as a white garment is purified from dirt. Replace his home with a better home, his family with a better family, and his spouse with a better spouse. Admit him to Paradise and protect him from the punishment of the grave and the punishment of the Fire.
My Lord, have mercy upon them (my parents) as they brought me up when I was young.
O Allah, help me remember You, thank You, and worship You in the best way.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the disappearance of Your blessings, the reversal of the health You have granted, the suddenness of Your punishment, and all of Your displeasure.
My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants.
O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth. O Allah, conceal my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, protect me from in front of me, from behind me, from my right, from my left, and from above me. And I seek refuge in Your Greatness lest I be consumed from beneath me.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the trial of the Dajjal, and I seek refuge in You from the trials of life and death. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sin and debt.
O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provisions, and acceptable deeds.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that is not humbled, from a soul that is not satisfied, and from a prayer that is not answered. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from these four.