It begins with the phrase of "ʾIlāhī ʿaẓuma l-balāʾ", meaning "O God, the calamity has become immense".
[1][2] The initial part of[3] the dua was quoted for the first time in the book of Kunuz al-Nijah by Shaykh Tabarsi.
[4] According to Ayatollah Bahjat, the recitation of Dua Al-Faraj is the best act in order not to be destroyed in the end times.
[5][6][7] In Islamic terminology, the word du’a or dua (Arabic: دعاء) literally means invocation, which is regarded as the act of supplication, and Muslims consider it as a deep practice of worship.
You alone can help, we refer our grief and sorrow to You, we have full faith in You, in the time of distress, as well as in good fortune.