This is the Dua Ibrahim (alayhissalam) made that saved him from his enemies.
It is reported in Sahih Bukhari that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, “Hasbuna Allahu wa ni’ma al-wakeel was said by Ibrahim when he was thrown into the fire.”

حَسْبُنَا اللهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيْلُ

Hasbuna Allahu wa ni’ma al-wakeel

Sufficient for us is Allah , and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs
[Surat Ale-Imran: 173]

This Dua was also said by the Prophet (ﷺ) and by his companions at times it seemed there was no hope. It is even reported in Surat Al-Ahzab that when a group came to the believers asking, “Aren’t you scared? All of these people have gathered to attack you!”, they replied with this very Dua.
Ibrahim (alayhissalam) was the only Muslim alive in the entire world at the time. Imagine that – not a single Muslim! He faced Nimrod, one of the
most tyrannical, vicious and powerful rulers in the world. Destroying the idols became a national issue! How dare he destroy their gods! Recall that he is barely a teenager and the only Muslim in the entire world.
The fire was lit by his people and fuelled for three days. They kept making it hotter and hotter while abusing and mistreating him as their prisoner. He knew he was going to be thrown into the fire.

As soon as he got to the edge of the fire, this young boy alone in the entire world without a single source of support (not even from his own father) says these beautiful set of words,

“Allah is sufficient for me and He is the best of protectors/disposer of affairs.”

These words changed his entire fate.
When it came from the heart, it meant, “Oh Allah, you’re all that I need, I don’t need anybody else, I don’t need an army, I don’t need the world to come and save me – ‘Hasbiy Allah’ – I only need Allah, Allah is sufficient for me, ‘Hasbiy-Allah’ – you alone oh Allah, are the Powerful, the all-Seeing , you know my situation, you see my affairs, you can control the situation, oh Allah I only need You.”
When you pay a top-notch lawyer, you sit back, and he does all the work for you – that’s what a wakeel is. You put him in charge, you know you can’t do a good job, you know he can do a better job. So when we say ‘Hasbiy-Allah’, we are saying that ‘Oh Allah, you are all that I need’, and this affirms two things:

1. Allah (swt) is perfect and He has the perfect Names and Attributes. The only way Allah can be sufficient for you is if Allah is all-Seeing, all-Knowing, He knows who you are, He cares about you, is all-Loving. He is all-Powerful and has the power to protect you. So you are affirming each and every attribute of His perfection when you say ‘Hasbiy-Allah’

2. You are affirming your own Imaan in Allah and your reliance on Him, i.e. ‘Oh Allah I know you have these Attributes and you will bless me with the effects of these Attributes in my own life’. So, you affirm your own faith in Allah’s perfection.

The result of Ibrahim’s Dua, Allah (swt) commanded the Fire to be cool and peaceful for Ibrahim. Instead of harming Ibrahim, the fire protected and became a garden for him. Can you imagine the amount of faith Ibrahim must have had to say these words purely from the heart then jump into a raging fire.

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The companions who said these same words at the Battle of Ahzab were rewarded with Allah’s blessing and favour. The battle of Ahzab was an impossible physical battle. There was no way that 1500 Muslims would fight 10,000 strong. They were also held siege so long that food and water ran out. They were running out of dates in the city of palm trees! They could not last any longer without any external supplies.
So when they said these words, Allah sent them an army of Angels they could not see. The army manifested as a
thunderstorm, a hurricane in the middle of the desert. The largest army in the history of Arabia was defeated without a single sword being raised and no battle ever taking place. All because they said, “Hasbun-Allahu wa ni’mal wakeel”.

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You must of course do everything that is in your power first when you delegate your affairs entirely to Allah. This does not mean you sit back lazily without taking action. The companions defended Madinah as much as they could, digging a trench for seven days the size of which the Arabs never seen before.

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Yet another example of this Dua is in the story of Aisha (radia Allahu anha). It was when she heard people were spreading rumours about her, slandering her name. The shock was so severe that she fainted and when she regained consciousness, the first thing she said was, “Hasbiy Allahu wa ni’mal wakeel. Have the people
actually said something like this?”
At the time, Aisha was likely the age of 15. She was very young at the time, and yet the first thing that came to her tongue is – ‘Hasbiy-Allahu wa ni’mal wakeel!’ – which shows that she clearly knew this Dua. She learned it from the mouth of the Prophet (ﷺ). It was a part of her own character and immediately from her fitrah and heart to say these words.
The situation got very dire as the slander continued to be spread. Even the Prophet (ﷺ) didn’t know what to do and how to stop this slander, until finally Allah (swt) revealed verses in the Qur’an in support of Aisha and clearing her name.
Regarding this, Aisha said, “I never thought that Allah will ever reveal verses about me because I’m too insignificant!” Rather, Aisha was far from insignificant because she said, “Hasbiy-Allahu wa ni’mal wakeel!” Because of these words, Allah revealed over a dozen verses in Surat Al-Nur that will be recited to the end of time in honor of our mother, Aisha (radia Allahu anha).

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This is one of those powerful Duas that we need to say when we are wronged, when we are tested, when it appears that all roads have been cut off, or when we face a large enemy. That is why both Imam Bukhari and Imam Nasai have in their books of hadith, in the chapter of facing the enemy, this very Dua.

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Whenever you are in a very tight situation, especially when it seems there is no hope, remember Ibrahim (alayhissalam) and how hopeless and alone any one of us might have felt; then look at how the Dua changed his life forever.

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A major lesson in this Dua is that in all three incidents (Ibrahim, the companions at Ahzab, and Aisha), none of them specified how to be saved. This is part of the perfection of the Dua. They didn’t ask Allah how to save them and what to do. They simply left it to Allah and trusted His infinite wisdom.
Of course, this Dua, like any other Dua, must be said entirely from the depths of our hearts.

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Source – visionaireramadan.com