For overcoming your weaknesses

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

Transliteration

Allaahumma ‘innee ‘a’oothu bika minal-hammi walhazani, wal’ajzi walkasali, walbukhli waljubni, wa dhala’id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijaal

Translation

O Allah, I seek refuge in you from grief and sadness, from weakness and from laziness, from miserliness and from cowardice, from being overcome by debt and overpowered by men (i .e . others).

SourceSahih Al-Bukhari: 6369

Related Duas

Say these words when in distress

اللّٰہُ اللّٰہُ رَبِّي لَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا

Allah, Allah is my Lord. I do not associate anything with Him.

Abu Dawood: 1525

Get a house in Jannah!

قَالَتۡ رَبِّ ابۡنِ لِیۡ عِنۡدَکَ بَیۡتًا فِی الۡجَنَّۃِ

My Lord! Build me a house in Paradise near You

Quran 66:11

When you fail or lose at something

قَدَّرَ اللّٰهُ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ

It is the Decree of Allah and He does whatever He wills.

Ibn Majah: 4168

When stricken by tragedy (1)

اِنَّا لِلّٰہِ وَ اِنَّاۤ اِلَیۡہِ رٰجِعُوۡنَ، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

We are from Allah and unto Him we return. O Allah take me out of my plight and bring to me after it something better.

Sahih Muslim: 918 (b)

When stricken by tragedy (2)

حَسۡبُنَا اللّٰہُ وَ نِعۡمَ الۡوَکِیۡلُ

Allah is sufficient for us and the best of those on whom to depend.

Surah Al-Imran 3:173

For seeking Allah's help (1)

حَسۡبُنَا اللّٰہُ وَ نِعۡمَ الۡوَکِیۡلُ

Allah is sufficient for us and the best of those on whom to depend.

Surah Al-Imran 3:173

For seeking Allah's help (2)

اِنَّمَاۤ اَشۡکُوۡا بَثِّیۡ وَ حُزۡنِیۡۤ اِلَی اللّٰہِ وَ اَعۡلَمُ مِنَ اللّٰہِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ

I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah that which you do not know.

Surah Yusuf - 12:86

At times of worry and sorry

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

O Allah, I seek refuge in you from grief and sadness, from weakness and from laziness, from miserliness and from cowardice, from being overcome by debt and overpowered by men (i .e . others).

Sahih Al-Bukhari: 6369

When in distress (1)

لَّاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡتَ سُبۡحٰنَکَ اِنِّیۡ کُنۡتُ مِنَ الظّٰلِمِیۡنَ

There is none worthy of worship but You, glory is to You. Surely, I was among the wrongdoers.

Surah Al-Anbiya - 21:87, At-Tirmidhi: 3505

When in distress (2)

اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلاَ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

O Allah, I hope for Your mercy. Do not leave me to myself even for the blinking of an eye (i.e. a moment). Correct all of my affairs for me. There is none worthy of worship but You.

Abu Dawud: 5090