Hisn al-Muslim 43
((اللَّهُمَّ لاَ سَهْلَ إِلاَّ مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلاً، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلاً)).
allahumma la sahla illa ma ja'altahu sahla, wa anta taj'alul-hazna idha shi'ta sahla
O Allah, there is no ease except in that which You make easy, and You make the difficult easy if You wish.
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 43
Translation: dua-dhikr (fitrahive), free redistribution
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Both halves say the same thing from opposite ends. The first is a denial: there is no ease anywhere except in what You make easy. The second is an assertion: You make the difficult easy. A condition then closes it — if You wish — which leaves the second statement dependent rather than settled. No request is actually made; the supplication states what is possible and where it comes from.
The chapter places these words when something becomes difficult.
It is said in difficulty and never asks for the difficulty to lift. The closing condition keeps a statement about what He can do from becoming a claim about what He will.
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Rendered in English: “O Allah, there is no ease except in that which You make easy, and You make the difficult easy if You wish.” Both halves say the same thing from opposite ends.
In Latin script: “allahumma la sahla illa ma ja'altahu sahla, wa anta taj'alul-hazna idha shi'ta sahla”
The chapter places these words when something becomes difficult. It is said in difficulty and never asks for the difficulty to lift.
The reference given is Hisn al-Muslim 43:139.