أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا تَضِيعُ وَدَائِعُهُ
Astawdi'ukallaha alladhi la tadi'u wada'i'uh
I entrust you to Allah, whose trusts are never lost.
Said to the one staying behind when you are the one traveling — or vice versa. "Wada'i'uh" — His trusts, His deposits, things entrusted to Him — are never lost or wasted. When you leave your family behind and say this, you are placing them in divine safekeeping. It is the traveler's farewell — not "goodbye" but "I leave you with the One who never loses what is placed in His care."
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اللَّهُمَّ لَيِّنْ لَنَا أَرْضَكَ وَذَلِّلْ لَنَا صُعُوبَتَهَا
O Allah, soften Your earth for us and ease its difficulties.
Hasanاللَّهُمَّ بَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَايَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ
O Allah, put distance between me and my sins as You have put distance between the East and the West.
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.
Sahih