Aayaat That Will Give You Tranquility Whenever You are Disturbed and Worried

 Imaam Ibn Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) wrote:

Allah the most High mentioned tranquility in His book in six places:

First: His saying: “And their Prophet (Samuel) said to them: Verily! The sign of His Kingdom is that there shall come to you At-Taaboot (a wooden box), wherein is Sakeenah (peace and reassurance) from your Lord.” [Soorah al-Baqarah: 248).

Second: His saying: “Then Allâh did send down His Sakeenah (calmness, tranquility and reassurance, etc.) on the Messenger (Muhammad) and on the believers [Soorah At-Tawbah: 26].

Third: His saying: “And he said to his companion (Abu Bakr): ‘Be not sad (or afraid), surely Allâh is with us." Then Allah sent down His Sakeenah (calmness, tranquility, peace, etc.) upon him, and strengthened him with forces (angels) which you saw not.” [Soorah At-Tawbah: 40]

Fourth: His saying: “He it is Who sent down As-Sakeenah (calmness and tranquility) into the hearts of the believers, that they may grow more in Faith along with their (present) Faith. And to Allâh belong the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allâh is Ever All-Knower, All-Wise.” [Soorah Al-Fath: 4]

Fifth: His saying: “Indeed, Allah was pleased with the believers when they gave the pledge to you (O Muhammad) under the tree: He knew what was in the breast, and He sent down As-Sakeenah (calmness and tranquility) upon them, and He rewarded them with a near victory.” [Soorah Al-Fath: 18]

Sixth: And His saying: “When those who disbelieve had put in their hearts pride and haughtiness –the pride and haughtiness of the time of ignorance, -- and Allah sent down His As-Sakeenah (calmness and tranquility) upon His messenger and upon the believers.” [Soorah Al-Fath: 26]

Whenever issues become difficult for Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him), he used to recite the verses of Sakeenah (calmness and tranquility). Once I heard him saying that about the great incidence that befell him during his illness, the intellects could not bear to wage war against the evil spirits that appeared to him when he was in a state of weakness.

He said: “When things became difficult for me, I said to my relatives and those around me: Read the verses of calmness and tranquility.” Then he continued: “Then I was relieved of that condition and I sat down with no ailment in me that I was afraid of.” I [Ibn Qayyim] have also tried reciting these verses at times of anxiety and I noticed that it has a pronounced effect in calming and reassuring the heart.

Source: Madaarij as-Saalikeen, vol. 2 p. 405 by Imaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah; Daar al-Hadeeth edition. Transl. by Abdus-Samee’ Abdus-Salaam.