Dua Abu Darda: benefits and translation

أَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّيْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ أَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيْمِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ كَانَ وَ مَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ، وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيْمِ، أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ، وَ أَنَّ اللّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا، أَللّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِيْ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا، إِنَّ رَبِّيْ عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍ.

Dua Abu Darda English translation

O, Allah! You are my Lord, other than You there is no God. It is upon You that I have faith and You are the Lord of the Noble Throne. Whatever Allah has wished has happened and whatever He has not wished will definitely not happen. Without the help of Allah, we cannot save ourselves from any evil nor can we enquire and good. I am sure that Allah has power ever everything and verily the knowledge of Allah encompasses everything.

O Allah I seek refuge in You from the evil of myself (nafs) and the evil of all the living things upon whom You have control. Definitely, my Lord is on the right path.

Virtue of Dua Abu darda

Someone came and told Hazrat Abu Darda (RZ) that his house was on fire. Hazrat Abu Darda (without any concern) replied that he was certainly not on fire. Allah will never do so, because I have heard from the prophet of Allah that if a person recites this dua at the beginning of the day, no calamities will befall that person till the evening, and if the person recites this dua in the evening then no calamities will befall that person till the morning.

Hazrat Abu Darda (RZ) said: "I recited these words in the morning, therefore, how can my house be on fire?: He then said to the people. "Let's go and see." Together with the people they went towards his house. It was seen that his entire street was on fire and all the housed around Hazrat Abu Darda's were burnt, but, amidst this, his house was safe and sound (Al-Azkaar-Nawawi, Pg.79)

 

The benefit of reading dua abu darda

Whoever reads this prayer is protected from all kinds of troubles