Prayer for ease – In this life, surely we will always be faced with various kinds of difficulties or obstacles. To help all matters to be done well, apart from endeavor, you must also be able to read a prayer so that it will be given ease. The goal is that all matters can run smoothly without significant obstacles. This prayer is also a sign of a servant who needs his Lord.
What prayers can a Muslim say when facing a problem? You can say a prayer so that you will be given the facilities listed in the Al-Quran which will be explained below.
1. Prayer Gives Convenience and Guidance in All Matters
When difficulties feel squeezed, you should read a few verses of the Koran, including:
Surah Al-Kahf verse 10
اِذْ اَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ ا above
“Iż Awal-fityatu ilal-kahfi fa qālụ rabbanā ātinā mil ladunka raḥmataw wa hayyi` lanā min amrinā rasyadā.”
Meaning: “(Remember) when the youths were looking for shelter into the cave, then they prayed: ‘O our Lord, give mercy to us from Your side and perfect for us straight instructions in our affairs’,” (QS Al-Kahf: 10).
Surah Taha verses 25-28
قَالَ رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِيْ صَدْرِيْ
وَيَسِّرْ لِيْٓ اَمْرِيْ ۙ
وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّنْ لِّسَانِيْ ۙ
يَفْقَهُوْا قَوْلِيْ ۖ
“Qāla Robbis rohli sodri, Wa yassirli amri, Wahlul ‘uqdatan min verbali, Yafqahu qauli.”
Meaning: “O my Lord, widen my chest for me, and make my affairs easy for me, and remove the stiffness from my tongue, so that they can easily understand my words.” (QS Thaha: 25-28).
2. Prayer is given ease and lifting the burden that is being carried
When the burden of your life is heavy, then you can read the prayers below.
Surah Al-Baqarah
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللّٰهُ نَفْسًا اِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۗ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ اِنْ نَّسِيْنَآ اَوْ اَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ اِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهٗ عَلَى الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهٖۚ وَاعْفُ عَنَّاۗ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَاۗ وَارْحَمْنَا ۗ اَنْتَ مَوْلٰىنَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ ࣖ
“Robbanaa laa tuaa khidznaa innasiinaa au akhtho’na, robbanaa walaa tahmil ‘alainaa ishran kamaa hamaltahuu ‘ala al ladziina min qoblinaa, robbana walaa tuhammilnaa ma la thoo qatalanabih, wa’ fuanna waghfirlanaa warhamnaa, anta maulana fansurnaa ‘ala al qaumilkaafiriin.”
Meaning: “O our Lord, do not punish us if we forget or we are wrong. O our Lord, do not burden us as heavy as You burdened those before us. O our Lord, do not take upon us what we cannot bear. Forgive us; forgive us; and have mercy on us. You are our Helper, so help us against those who disbelieve,” (QS Al-Baqarah: 286).
Surah Al-Anbiya verse 87
وَذَا النُّوْنِ اِذْ ذَّهَبَ مُغَاضِبًا فَظَنَّ اَنْ لَّنْ نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادٰى فِى الظُّلُمٰتِ اَنْ لَّآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّآ اَنْتَ سُبْحٰنَكَ اِنِّيْ كُنْتُ مِنَ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ ۚ
Wa żan-nụni iż żahaba mugāḍiban fa ẓanna all lan naqdira ‘alaihi fa nādā fiẓ-ẓulumāti al lā ilāha illā anta sub-ḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn
Meaning: “And (remember the story of) Dzun Nun (Yunus), when he left in a state of anger, then he thought that We would not make it difficult (complicate him), so he called out in a very dark state: “That there is no God but You. Glory be to You, verily I am of the wrongdoers.” (QS Al-Anbiya verse 87
Surah Al-A’raf verse 89
قَدِ افْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا اِنْ عُدْنَا فِيْ مِلَّتِكُمْ بَعْدَ اِذْ نَجّٰىنَا اللّٰهُ مِنْهَاۗ وَمَا يَكُوْنُ لَنَآ اَنْ نَّعُوْدَ فِيْهَآ اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّشَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّنَاۗ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًاۗ عَلَى اللّٰهِ تَوَكَّلْنَاۗ رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْفٰتِحِيْنَ
qadiftarainā ‘alallāhi każiban in ‘udnā fī millatikum ba’da iż najjānallāhu min-hā, wa mā yakụnu lanā an na’ụda fīhā illā ay yasyā`allāhu rabbunā, wasi’a rabbunā kulla syai`in ‘ilmā, ‘alallāhi tawakkalnā, rabbanaftaḥ bainanā wa baina qauminā bil-ḥaqqi wa anta khairul-fātiḥīn
It means:
“Indeed, we have fabricated a big lie to Allah if we return to your religion after Allah saved us from it. It is not fitting for us to return to him, unless Allah our Lord wills. Our Lord’s knowledge encompasses everything. Only in Allah we put our trust. O our Lord, give a decision between us and our people with the right (just). You are the best decision maker.” (QS Al-A’raf: 89).
Surah At-Tahrim verse 8
يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا تُوْبُوْٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوْحًاۗ عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يُّكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّاٰتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنّٰتٍ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُۙ يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِى اللّٰهُ النَّبِيَّ وَالَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مَعَهٗۚ نُوْرُهُمْ يَسْعٰى بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِمْ وَبِاَيْمَانِهِمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَآ اَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُوْرَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَاۚ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ
yā ayyuhan-nabiyyu jāhidil-kuffāra wal-munāfiqīna wagluẓ ‘alaihim, wa ma`wāhum jahannam, wa bi`sal-maṣīr
It means:
“O you who believe, repent to Allah with pure repentance. Hopefully your Lord will erase your sins and enter you into paradise beneath which rivers flow on the day when Allah does not humiliate the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light flashed before and to his right. They said, “O our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Verily, You are Almighty over all things.” (QS At-Tahrim: 8).
3. Prayer So that the Heart is Calm and Given Ease
You can also apply the practice of Rasulullah Muhammad SAW to be able to pray and ask Allah SWT for convenience and smoothness. The Prophet who taught his people to read the following prayer:
Allahumma lã sahla illa mã ja’altahu sahla wa anta taj’alul hazna idzã syi’ta sahla.
Meaning: “O Allah, there is no ease unless You make it easy, and You make sadness (difficulty), if You want it will definitely be easy.”
The history of the Prophet Muhammad in teaching this prayer was then conveyed by Anas bin Malik and listed in the hadith narrated by Ibn Hibban. Sometimes someone will ask for convenience in various ways, one of which is to make it easier to pick up sustenance.
4. Prayer is given ease in work
Besides studying, the business that is no less important is work. In working sometimes there are some difficulties encountered. Here below is a prayer given ease in working as quoted from the book The Most Needed Essence of Prayer and Remembrance by Mohammad Ersyad:
Almighty Allah
Allahumma laa sahla illa maa ja’altahu sahlaa, wa anta taj’alul haznaa idza syi’ta sahlaa
Meaning: “O Allah, there is no ease except for You to make it easy. And you then make sadness (difficulty), if you then will it will surely become easy.”
5. Prayer Gives Ease and Resolves Difficulties
So that difficulties can be quickly resolved, here is a prayer that you can say.
Surah Al-Insyirah
فَاِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًاۙ
اِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًاۗ
Fainnama’a al ‘usriyusroo. Inna ma’a al ‘usriyusraa.
It means:
“Because the real hardship comes ease. Verily, after hardship there is relief.” (QS Al-Insyirah: 5-6).
Ali Imran’s letter
اَلَّذِيْنَ قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ اِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوْا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ اِيْمَانًاۖ وَّقَالُوْا حَسْبُنَا اللّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيْلُ
Allażīna qāla lahumun-nāsu innan-nāsa qad jama’ụlakum fakhsyauhum fa zādahum īmānaw wa qālụ ḥasbunallāhu wa ni’mal-wakīl
It means:
“(namely) those who (when there were) people said to him, “Indeed, the people (Quraysh) have gathered (troops) to (attack) you. Therefore, be afraid of them,” it turns out (sayings) that increase (strengthen) their faith and they replied, “Allah is sufficient (to be a helper) for us and He is the best protector.” (QS Ali Imran: 173).
6. Prayer is given the convenience that is in the Hadith
In the hadith he also explains about asking for help in all matters.
“ Alloo Humma la sahla illaa maa ja’altahu sahla, Wa anta taj’alul hazna, idzaa syi’ta sahlaa. ”
It means:
“O Allah, there is no ease except something that You make easy. And all sorrows and difficulties, if You will, will surely become easier.” (Reported by Ibn Hibban).
7. Prayer for the Good of the World and the Hereafter
“ Allahumma ashlih lii diini al ladzii huwa ishmatu amri, wa ashlih lii dunyaa al latii fii haa ma’aa syii. Wa ash lih lii Akhirotii al latii fii haa ma’aa dii, waj ali al hayatu dziyaadatan lii fii kulli kahir, waj’ali al mauta raa hatan lii min kulli syarri.”
It means:
“O Allah, please be kind to my religious affairs because it is the guardian of all my affairs. I beg for goodness in my worldly affairs because it is the place of my life. I beg for goodness in my hereafter because that is where I return. Make this life an additional good for me, and make my death a time of rest for me from all evil,” (HR Muslim).
8. Prayer for Help
“Subhanallahil Adzim, yaa hayyu yaa qoyyum, astaghitsu birahmatika. ”
It means:
“Glory to Allah the Most Great. O God, the Most Living, who continues to take care of His creatures, with Your grace I ask for help, “(Narrated by Abu Daud).
Practices That Can Be Done to Give Ease
Apart from praying for smoothness, there are also several practices that you must do every day. These practices will then show the sincerity and determination of a Muslim.
Fear Allah SWT
Allah SWT says in this regard,
وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ Almighty Allah
“Whoever fears Allah, He will make a way out for him and provide him with sustenance from where he does not expect. And whoever puts his trust in Allah, surely Allah will fulfill his (needs),” (QS. Ath-Thalaq: 2-3).
Be patient in this
Ibn ‘Abbas radhiyallahu ‘anhuma said,
ما من مؤمن ولا فاجر إلا وقد كتب الله تعالى له رزقه من الحلال فان صبر حتى يأتيه آتاه الله تعالى وإن جزع فتناول شيئا من الحرام نقصه الله من رزقه الحلال
It means:
“A believer and a fajir (who is fond of immorality) have been assigned sustenance for him from lawful things. If he wants to be patient until the sustenance is given, Allah will surely give him. However, if he is impatient, then he takes an unlawful method, surely Allah will reduce the ration of halal sustenance for him,” (Hilyah Al-Auliya’, 1: 326).
friendship
From Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu ‘anhu, Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said,
مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يُبْسَطَ لَهُ فِى رِزْقِهِ ، وَأَنْ يُنْسَأَ لَهُ فِى أَثَرِهِ ، فَلْسَْيَرَِلِ
It means:
“Who likes to expand his sustenance and extend his life, let him continue the friendship,” (HR. Bukhari and Muslim).
Hajj and Umrah
In addition to practicing the pillars of Islam, hajj and umrah, it can be a practice to open the door of sustenance. From Abdullah bin Mas’ud radhiyallahu ‘anhu, Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said,
تَابِعُوا بَيْنَ الْحَجِّ وَالْعُمْرَةِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَنْفِيَانِ الْفَقْرَ وَالief
It means:
“Join Umrah for Hajj, because both eliminate poverty and sins as burning removes rust on iron, gold and silver,” (HR. An-Nasai, Tirmidhi, Ahmad).
Thus the discussion about prayer to be given ease. Hopefully all the prayers above can be applied in everyday life.
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