Pray for those who plot against me
In his life, a Muslim is exposed to many afflictions, and in doing so, the Muslim is keen to get closer to God Almighty in order to protect him from what happens to him. God Almighty is close to His servants, as He - the Most High - says in His Book: {And when My servants ask you about Me, then I am near. I respond to the supplication of the supplicant when he calls upon him You answer For Me and that they may believe in Me that they may be guided},[1] as one of these trials is exposure to injustice through a plot or the like, and the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said about that: {Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for it is carried on the clouds},[2][3], so it will be presented. This article is a collection of supplications that a Muslim can use to combat the injustice of those who plot against him:
Prayers for the oppressed and seeking relief in the Qur’an and Sunnah
{There is no god but You, Glory be to You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers}. [Surat Al-Anbiya, verse: 87]
{I only complain of my affliction and my grief to God}. [Surat Yusuf, verse: 86]
(To Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return. O God, reward me for my affliction, and give me something better than it.) [Narrated by Al-Albani, in Sahih Al-Jami’, on the authority of Umm Salamah and Abu Salamah, page or number: 5764, authentic hadith.]
(O Ever-Living, O Ever-Living, by Your mercy I seek help. Reconcile all my affairs for me, and do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye.) [Narrated by Al-Mundhiri, in At-Targhib wa-Tarheeb, on the authority of Anas bin Malik, page or number: 313, its chain of transmission is authentic.]
(O God, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, and the son of Your female servant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your judgment continues in me. I am just in Your decree. I ask You by every name that is Yours by which You have named Yourself, or revealed it in Your Book, or taught it to any of Your creation, or reserved it in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to You make the Great Qur’an the spring of my heart, the healing of my chest, the relief of my sadness, and the removal of my anxiety and grief.) [Narrated by Al-San’ani, in Al-Insaf fi Haqiqat Al-Awliya’, on the authority of Abd bin Masoud, page or number: 102, authentic.]
Various supplications against those who plot against me
“My Lord, my condition is not hidden from You, and my weakness stays with me and does not leave me, and my matter is not in my hands but in Your hands. I came to You stripped of any strength and lacking in Your help and assistance. O Lord, remove from me those who plot against me and stop his harm and evil from me, O Merciful.”
“O God, I came to present to you my problem, and no one knows it better than you, and no one is more capable of solving it than you. I came to complain to you about my concern and you know it. My poverty and my poverty, and there is no power nor strength except with You, O Ali, O Great, repel from me the injustice of whoever plots against me, and do not unite me with him, and turn away his plot from me, O Lord of the worlds. I hope for your mercy, O Most Merciful of the Merciful, O Most Merciful of the Merciful, O Most Merciful, repel from me whoever wrongs me.
“I beg you, my God, with your most beautiful names and your highest attributes, to help me and remove from me the injustice of those who plot against me and protect me from those who wronged me.”
“O God, I ask you in your greatest name, by which if you are asked, you answer, and if you are called by it, you are given, O Ever-Living, O Ever-Living, O Most Merciful, O Lord of the Worlds, relieve my anxiety, relieve my distress, make my heart happy with You, comfort my mind, and grant me victory over those who plot against me and those who oppress me, O Most Merciful of the Merciful.”
“O God, I ask you that I bear witness that there is no god but You, the One, the Eternal, the One who does not give birth or be born, and there is no one equal to Him, that you help me against those who wronged me, O Most Merciful of the Merciful.”
“O God, O comforter of every stranger, O refuge of every fearful, O revealer of every distress, O Knower of all secrets, O finalist of every complaint, O Hearer of every cry for help, O presence of every assembly, O Ever-Living, O Ever-Living, I ask You to make my affairs a relief and a way out and to You will repel from me everyone who plots against me. You are capable of all things.”
“I beg you, my God, to help me and save me, so grant me victory over those who plot against me, through your mercy and your presence, O Most Generous of Generous Ones.”
“I beg of You, O Most Merciful of the Merciful, to relieve my anxiety and grief and grant me victory over those who wronged me.”
“O God, I ask You for mercy from You, by which You guide my heart, unite my affairs, inspire me with my guidance, restore my familiarity, and grant me victory over those who wronged me, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor.”
“Oh my God, my Lord, and my refuge, I have no god but you so I can call upon him, I have no god other than you so I can ask him, I have no one other than you so I can turn to him, I have no one but you so I can take refuge in his protection, so defend those who wronged me, O God.”
“O relief of those seeking help, O rescuer of those seeking refuge, O Savior of the drowning, and O Rescuer of the perishing, to You I complained of my situation, and to You I begged, humbled myself, and wept.”
“My Lord, I know that You are able to relieve my distress sooner rather than later. Glory be to You, nothing in heaven or on earth is incapable of You. In Your hand are the keys to my relief, and in Your hand is fulfilling my need. With You, it is easy and simple, and that if You had only wanted to solve my problem - Glory be to You - it would have been solved in less than the blink of an eye.” Therefore, I beg of you, O Lord of Majesty and Honor.”
“O God, I ask You for mercy from You, by which You guide my heart, unite my affairs, inspire me with my guidance, restore my familiarity, and repel those who plot against me and those who oppress me, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor.”
“O God, protect me from what concerns me, and turn away from me the plots of those who plot against me, and stop harming me from him. O God, provide me with piety, forgive me my sins, and direct me to goodness wherever I turn. O God, make me easy for ease, and spare me hardships. O God, make for me all that concerns me and distresses me, both in the affairs of this world and the afterlife.” A relief and a way out, and provide for me from where I do not expect, and forgive me my sins, and establish your hope in my heart, and cut it off from anyone but you, so that I do not hope for anyone but you, O One, who is satisfied with all of His creation, and none of His creation is satisfied with Him, O One, who has no one, is cut off. Please, except from you.”
“My Lord, I am weak, so strengthen me, and I am sad, so make me happy. I seek Your help, so help me. I seek refuge in You, so protect me. I seek refuge in Your father-in-law, so protect me. I submit to You, so have mercy on my humiliation, and grant me victory over those who wronged me.”
My God, I know that I do not deserve your generosity, pardon, or assistance, but you are worthy of pardon, forgiveness, and help.”
“My God and Master, I know that I am not worthy of your answer to my supplication, but I turned to you, so do not expel me. I called you, so do not let me down. I missed you. I asked you, so do not reject my question. I begged you, so do not disappoint my hope.”
“O Most Friendly, O Most Friendly, O Most Friendly, O Possessor of the Glorious Throne, O Initiator, O Restorer, O One Who does what He wants, I ask You by the light of Your Face that filled the corners of Your Throne, and I ask You by Your power with which You have power over all of Your creation, and I ask You by Your mercy that encompasses all things. There is no god but You, O Helper, help me, and O my Lord, grant me victory over those who oppress me and plot against me.”
“My Lord, I knew that if all people were to come together to solve my problem, they would not be able to solve it, and that if they were to come together to understand what is on my mind, they would not understand it, and that if they were to come together to fulfill my need, they would not fulfill it, so I came to you calling on you, and pleading with you, and I presented my need to you, for you are the judge of needs.” And remove the stumbling blocks, and I complain to you because you are the All-Powerful, the All-Powerful, and no one can repel those who wronged me and those who plot against me and relieve my worries except you.