اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ
“O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done and from the evil of what I have not done.” [Sahih Muslim – 2716]
Not all harm comes from the outside. Sometimes, the biggest threat isn’t what happens to us—but what comes from us.
The wrong we have already done—the words we shouldn’t have said, the choices we regret, the moments we wish we could rewrite.
And the wrong we never did—the prayers we delayed, the kindness we withheld, the good we were meant to do but never did.
Because sometimes, sins destroy.
And sometimes, inaction does.
How many lives have been ruined not by what someone did, but by what they failed to do? How many prayers were left unsaid? How many opportunities to seek forgiveness were ignored? How many moments passed where we could have chosen Allah (SWT)—but didn’t?
This dua is a plea for refuge from both sides of destruction. From the sins that stain and the good deeds that were never written down. From the actions we regret and the ones we never took.
Make this your dua. Seek protection from the harm you see and the harm you don’t. From the things you wish you could undo and the things you wish you had done. Because in the end, both can haunt you.
And the worst loss? Isn’t just the sin itself. It’s never turning back before it’s too late.
