Qur’an
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا
Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
Qur’an 94:6 · Ash-Sharh
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Islamic Quotes About Hard Times
Reminders to accompany difficult days.
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Qur’an
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُم ۖ مَّسَّتْهُمُ ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌۭ
Or think ye that ye will enter paradise while yet there hath not come unto you the like of (that which came to) those who passed away before you? Affliction and adversity befell them, they were shaken as with earthquake, till the messenger (of Allah) and those who believed along with him said: When cometh Allah's help? Now surely Allah's help is nigh.
Qur’an 2:214 · Al-Baqara
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Qur’an
وَلَا تَهِنُوا۟ وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا۟ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Faint not nor grieve, for ye will overcome them if ye are (indeed) believers.
Qur’an 3:139 · Aal-i-Imraan
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Qur’an
لِيُنفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍۢ مِّن سَعَتِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن قُدِرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُۥ فَلْيُنفِقْ مِمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا مَآ ءَاتَىٰهَا ۚ سَيَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍۢ يُسْرًۭا
Let him who hath abundance spend of his abundance, and he whose provision is measured, let him spend of that which Allah hath given him. Allah asketh naught of any soul save that which He hath given it. Allah will vouchsafe, after hardship, ease.
Qur’an 65:7 · At-Talaaq
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Qur’an
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةًۭ ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned.
Qur’an 21:35 · Al-Anbiyaa
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Du’a
وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى
And ease my task for me;
Qur’an 20:26 · Taa-Haa
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Du’a
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy.
Qur’an 21:83 · Al-Anbiyaa
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Hadith · EXCERPT
وَاللَّهُ فِي عَوْنِ الْعَبْدِ مَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ فِي عَوْنِ أَخِيهِ
Allah is at the back of a servant so long as the servant is at the back of his brother
Sahih Muslim 2699a · Source checked
English translation on Sunnah.com
Hadith · EXCERPT
الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ، لاَ يَظْلِمُهُ وَلاَ يُسْلِمُهُ
A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2442 · Source checked
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Hadith · EXCERPT
مَا مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ تُصِيبُ الْمُسْلِمَ إِلاَّ كَفَّرَ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَنْهُ
No calamity befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it
Sahih al-Bukhari 5640 · Source checked
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Hadith · EXCERPT
وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ ضَرَّاءُ صَبَرَ فَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ
and if he gets into trouble and shows resignation (and endures it patiently), there is a good for him in it.
Sahih Muslim 2999 · Source checked
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Hadith · EXCERPT
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ
O Allah! I seek refuge with You from worry and grief
Sahih al-Bukhari 6369 · Source checked
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