Dua To Stay Protected From The Evil Of Your Nafs(Soul)

“O Ever Living One, O Eternal One, by Your mercy, I call on You to set right all my affairs.

Do not place me in charge of my soul even for the blinking of an eye (i.e. a moment)”

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ

Yaa Hayyu yaa Qayyoomu birahmatika ‘astagheethu ‘aslih lee sha’nee kullahu wa laa takilnee ‘ilaa nafsee tarfata ‘aynin.

TRANSLITERATION	ARABIC	TRANSLATION

Yaa Hayyu	يَا حَيُّ	O Ever Living One,
yaa Qayyoomu	يَا قَيُّومُ	O Eternal One,
birahmatika	بِرَحْمَتِكَ	by Your mercy,
‘astagheethu	أَسْتَغِيثُ	I seek help
‘aslih lee	أَصْلِحْ لِي	to set right
sha’nee	شَأْنِي	my affairs
kullahu	كُلَّهُ	all (of them)
wa laa takilnee	وَلَا تَكِلْنِي	and do not place me
‘ilaa nafsee	إِلَى نَفْسِي	in charge of my soul
tarfata	طَرْفَةَ	even for the blinking
‘aynin	عَيْنٍ	of an eye (i.e. a moment)

-Its chain of transmission is sound (Sahih), Al-Hakim 1/545, see Albani