If you fear something

Imam al-Sadiq (`a) is reported to have said: Whenever you fear something, you may say the following supplicatory prayer

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ لاَ يَكْفِي مِنْكَ أَحَدٌ

allahumma innaka la yakfi minka ahadun

O Allah, nothing can ever save from You

وَأَنْتَ تَكْفِي مِنْ كُلِّ أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ

wa anta takfi min kulli ahadin min khalqika

while You alone can save from any of Your creatures;

فَٱكْفِنِي…

fakfini…

so, save me from…

(You may now mention the thing that terrifies you.) — According to another tradition, you may say the following supplicatory prayer (whenever you fear something):

يَا كَافِياً مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ

ya kafiyan min kulli shay'in

O He Who saves from all things

وَلاَ يَكْفِي مِنْكَ شَيْءٌ

wa la yakfi minka shay'un

while nothing can ever save from You

فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ

fi alssamawati wal-ardi

neither in the heavens nor on the earth,

ٱكْفِنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ

ikfini ma ahammani min amri alddunya wal-akhirati

(please) save me from what has distressed me, be it a this-worldly or a otherworldly affair,

وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

wa salli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

and send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household.

Imam al-Sadiq (`a) has also said: Whoever comes to a ruler whom he fears, may say the following supplicatory prayer (before presence before the ruler):

بِٱللَّهِ أَسْتَفْتِحُ

billahi astaftihu

With Allah do I commence,

وَبِٱللَّهِ أَسْتَنْجِحُ

wa billahi astanjihu

from Allah do I seek success,

وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ أَتَوَجَّهُ

wa bimuhammadin salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi atawajjahu

and in the name of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Household, do I turn my face (towards Allah).

اَللَّهُمَّ ذَلِّلْ لِي صُعُوبَتَهُ

allahumma dhallil li su`ubatahu

O Allah, (please) make easy for me the difficulty of this matter

وَسَهِّلْ لِي حُزُونَتَهُ

wa sahhil li huzunatahu

and facilitate for me its complication,

فَإِنَّكَ تَمْحُو مَا تَشَاءُ وَتُثْبِتُ

fa'innaka tamhu ma tasha'u wa tuthbitu

for You verily efface what You will and establish (what You will)

وَعِنْدَكَ أُمُّ ٱلْكِتَابِ

wa `indaka ummu alkitabi

and with You is the source of ordinance.

حَسْبِيَ ٱللَّهُ

hasbiya allahu

Sufficient to me is Allah.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ

la ilaha illa huwa

There is no god but Him.

عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ

`alayhi tawakkaltu

In Him do I trust

وَهُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعظِيمِ

wa huwa rabbu al`arshi al`zimi

and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.

وَأَمْتَنِعُ بِحَوْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ

wa amtani`u bihawli allahi wa quwwatihi

I take shelter in Allah’s might and power

مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ وَقُوَّتِهِمْ

min hawlihim wa quwwatihim

against their might and power.

وَأَمْتَنِعُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ

wa amtani`u birabbi alfalaqi

I take shelter in the Lord of the dawn

مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

min sharri ma khalaqa

against the evil of what He has created.

وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِٱللَّهِ

wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billahi

There is neither might nor power except with Allah.