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Allāhumma lā sahl — when a task is hard

Facing a difficult matter

Arabic

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ سَهْلَ إِلاَّ مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلاً، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزَنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلاً

Transliteration

Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā jaʿaltahu sahlā, wa anta tajʿalu al-ḥazana idhā shiʾta sahlā.

English

"O Allah, nothing is easy except what You have made easy. And You make what is hard — if You will — easy."

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 974

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