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.
Sahihلَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.
Sahihاللَّهُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي لَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا
Allah, Allah is my Lord. I do not associate anything with Him.
Hasanاللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
O Allah, it is Your mercy that I hope for, so do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye, and set right all of my affairs. There is no deity except You.
Hasan