يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَىٰ نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ
Ya Hayyu ya Qayyumu bi-rahmatika astaghith, aslih li sha'ni kullahu wa la takilni ila nafsi tarfata 'ayn
O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, by Your mercy I seek help. Set right all my affairs for me, and do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye.
Anas (RA) said: When any matter would distress the Prophet ﷺ, he would say this. It combines two of the Greatest Names of Allah — Al-Hayy (the Ever-Living who never dies) and Al-Qayyum (the Self-Sustaining who sustains everything). The second half — "set right all my affairs and do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye" — is the most desperate admission of human fragility. In the time it takes to blink, you could make a decision that ruins everything. This du'a asks the One who never sleeps and never tires to never let go of you, not even for a fraction of a second.
Related Du'as
حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلًا
O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You can make difficulty easy if You wish.
Sahihوَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِي إِلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ
And I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of His servants.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ مُصِيبَتَنَا فِي دِينِنَا وَلَا تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّنَا وَلَا مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا
O Allah, do not make our calamity in our religion, and do not make this world our greatest concern or the extent of our knowledge.
Hasan