اللَّهُمَّ لَيِّنْ لَنَا أَرْضَكَ وَذَلِّلْ لَنَا صُعُوبَتَهَا
Allahumma layyin lana ardaka wa dhallil lana su'ubataha
O Allah, soften Your earth for us and ease its difficulties.
Asked when the terrain is difficult — rough roads, harsh landscape, exhausting distances. "Soften the earth" — make the hard ground feel gentle. "Ease its difficulties" — remove the obstacles. A beautiful physical metaphor: you are asking Allah to literally make the earth cooperate with your journey. Applicable today to traffic jams, delayed flights, and any travel frustration.
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أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا تَضِيعُ وَدَائِعُهُ
I entrust you to Allah, whose trusts are never lost.
Sahihسُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ
Glory to the One who has subjected this for us, and we could never have it by our own efforts. And indeed, to our Lord we will surely return.
Sahihاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ
Allah is the Greatest (3x). Glory to the One who has subjected this for us, and we could not have done it ourselves. And indeed, to our Lord we will return.
Sahihاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. (Said when ascending a hill or taking off.)
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