Recitation For Finding a Job
Question

                I am 18 years old and I have been struggling to find a job for the past two years. I don’t know what I should do. I have just started offering some of my (five daily) prayers from the past month or so. I feel that I am having a good life so far but yet I am not able to find a job. So I was wondering if you could tell me what I can do or  if I can read some surahs (chapters) from Quran which would enable me to find an job.
Praise be to Allah.
    The 
    Islamic way is a way of means and measures; it directs hearts and minds to 
    deal with facts and reality and interact with the cosmic laws that Allah has 
    established in His creation, including putting trust in Allah (tawakkul) and 
    relying in one's heart on Him to achieve one's goals. 

    The 
    life of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was based on 
    facts and reality interwoven with means and measures. His life was full of 
    sacrifices, putting up with hardship and patience in waiting to see the 
    results of his efforts, and this is what Allah willed should be an example 
    to follow for mankind after him. No one can hope to attain the highest 
    levels in this world by merely reciting verses without striving and making 
    an effort. 

    This 
    world, sweet and bitter, difficult and easy, is something that the Muslim 
    must interact properly with. He should be patient in dealing with its 
    annoyances and put up with its difficulties, seeking the pleasure of Allah 
    thereby, and he should take appropriate measures, and put his trust in Allah 
    in all his affairs, as Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

    “Then 
    when you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah, certainly, Allah 
    loves those who put their trust (in Him)” [3:159]. 

    There 
    are means of earning a living, both physical and spiritual. 

    The 
    physical means include making an effort, searching, striving and not giving 
    up. If a person does not succeed in finding one job, he has to look for 
    another, and so on. 

    The 
    spiritual means prescribed in sharee‘ah (Islamic law) are many. We will list 
    some of them here: 

    1.
    

    
    Fearing Allah (taqwa), which means doing what Allah has commanded and 
    refraining from what He has forbidden. Allah says (interpretation of the 
    meaning):

    “And 
    whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him 
    to get out (from every difficulty).

    And 
    He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine” [65:2-3]. 

    2.

    
    Seeking forgiveness (istighfar). Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

    “I [Nooh] 
    said (to them): ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is 
    Oft‑Forgiving;

    ‘He 
    will send rain to you in abundance,

    ‘And 
    give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and 
    bestow on you rivers” [71:10-12]. 

    And 
    Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

    “And 
    (commanding you): “Seek the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in 
    repentance, that He may grant you good enjoyment, for a term appointed, and 
    bestow His abounding grace to every owner of grace (i.e. the one who helps 
    and serves the needy and deserving, physically and with his wealth, and even 
    with good words). But if you turn away, then I fear for you the torment of a 
    Great Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)” [11:3]. 

    Hence 
    al-‘Allamah Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned istighfar 
    (seeking forgiveness) in the eighteenth chapter of his book al-Wabil al-Sayyib 
    among the adhkar (words of remembrance) that bring provision and ward off 
    difficulty and hardship. 

    3.

    Du‘a 
    (supplication). 

    It 
    was narrated from Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the 
    Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to say after Fajr 
    prayer: “Allahumma inni as aluka rizqan tayyiban wa ‘ilman naafi‘an wa 
    ‘amalan mutaqabbalan (O Allah, I ask You for a good (halal) provision, 
    beneficial knowledge and accepted deeds).” [Ahmad, Ibn Maajah].

    Yahya 
    ibn Mu‘adh al-Razi (d. 258 AH) -- who was one of the elite of the salaf 
    (early generations) -- said: “Obedience is stored up in the stores of Allah; 
    its key is du‘a and its means is permissible earnings. End quote.  

    To 
    sum up: 

    We do 
    not know any specific surah in the Quran which is proven in any (sound) 
    report to bring provision and make it easy to earn a living, but fearing 
    Allah (taqwa) in general -- which includes reading and pondering the Quran 
    -- is one of the means prescribed in sharee‘ah to bring provision. At the 
    same time it is essential to take appropriate physical measures and rely on 
    Allah in one’s heart to make things easier. 

    And 
    Allah knows best.