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Innā lillāhi — upon receiving bad news

On hearing of loss or trial

Arabic

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

Transliteration

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Allāhumma ʾjurnī fī muṣībatī wa akhlif lī khayran minhā.

English

"Indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we return. O Allah, reward me in this trial, and replace it for me with something better."

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 918

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