Dua for Healing Hearts… Relieves the Heart and Expands the Chest
The best Islamic supplications for inner peace and soothing the heart, combining seeking forgiveness and turning to Allah to lift worries and relieve distress.
Islam is a religion of refinement, giving great importance to human feelings. The Prophet ﷺ taught us the highest meanings of mercy and empathy. Among these is the Dua for Healing Hearts, which helps a believer overcome sadness and brings peace of mind.
Key Forms of the Dua
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"O Lord, grant me a spacious heart, radiant soul, and strong self to help me console the weak, broken, deprived, and distressed, and make it a joy for my soul and a delight for my heart."
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"O Allah, I ask You for blessings that purify my heart, remove my distress, forgive my sins, set my affairs right, enrich my poverty, remove my harm, heal my sickness, settle my religion, and remove my sorrow."
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"O Allah, we ask You through the causes of Your mercy, the determination of Your forgiveness, safety from every sin, benefit from every good deed, success in Paradise, and protection from Hellfire."
Effective Supplications for Healing Hearts
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"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from weakness, laziness, cowardice, and miserliness; grant my soul piety and purify it—you are the best to purify it."
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"O Allah, make the Qur’an the spring of my heart, the light of my eyes, the relief of my sadness, and the removal of my worries."
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"O Allah, make our hearts spacious, our souls peaceful, and protect us from the evil of ourselves and the Devil."
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"The supplication of Yunus in the belly of the whale: ‘There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.’"
Benefits of This Dua
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Relieves worries and expands the chest.
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Strengthens the soul and increases the heart’s capacity.
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Helps in comforting others and healing their hearts.
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A means of drawing closer to Allah through seeking forgiveness and remembrance.
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