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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اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِيمَا رَزَقْتَهُمْ وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَارْحَمْهُمْ
O Allah, bless them in what You have provided for them, forgive them, and have mercy on them.
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.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَقْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ وَمَا ذَرَيْنَ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَخَيْرَ أَهْلِهَا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ أَهْلِهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا
O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and all that they shade, Lord of the seven earths and all they carry, Lord of the devils and all they mislead, Lord of the winds and all they scatter — I ask You for the good of this town and the good of its people, and I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil of its people, and the evil within it.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ
O Allah, You are the Companion on the journey and the Guardian over the family.
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