When Sick

( 15 ) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا مَرِضَ أَوْ نَزَلَ بِهِ كَرْبٌ أَوْ بَلِيَّةٌ

His Supplication when Sick or Visited by Distress or an Affliction

1. اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ أَزَلْ أَتَصَرَّفُ فِيهِ مِنْ سَلَامَةِ بَدَنِي ، وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَحْدَثْتَ بِي مِنْ عِلَّةٍ فِي جَسَدِي

   O God, to Thee belongs praisefor the good health of my body which lets me move about, and to Thee belongs praise, for the ailments which Thou causest to arise in my flesh!

2. فَمَا أَدْرِي ، يَا إِلَهِي ، أَيُّ الْحَالَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالشُّكْرِ لَكَ ، وَ أَيُّ الْوَقْتَيْنِ أَوْلَى بِالْحَمْدِ لَكَ

   For I know not, my God, which of the two states deserves more my thanking Theeand which of the two times is more worthy for my praise of Thee:

3. أَ وَقْتُ الصِّحَّةِ الَّتِي هَنَّأْتَنِي فِيهَا طَيِّبَاتِ رِزْقِكَ ، وَ نَشَّطْتَنِي بِهَا لِابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَ فَضْلِكَ ، وَ قَوَّيْتَنِي مَعَهَا عَلَى مَا وَفَّقْتَنِي لَهُ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ

   the time of health, within which Thou makest me delight in the agreeable things of Thy provision, through which Thou givest me the joy to seekthe means to Thy good pleasure and bounty, and by which Thou strengthenest mefor the acts of obedience which Thou hast given me success to accomplish;

4. أَمْ وَقْتُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مَحَّصْتَنِي بِهَا ، وَ النِّعَمِ الَّتِي أَتْحَفْتَنِي بِهَا ، تَخْفِيفاً لِمَا ثَقُلَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ ظَهْرِي مِنَ الْخَطِيئَاتِ ، وَ تَطْهِيراً لِمَا انْغَمَسْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ، وَ تَنْبِيهاً لِتَنَاوُلِ التَّوْبَةِ ، وَ تَذْكِيراً لِمَحْوِ الْحَوْبَةِ بِقَدِيمِ النِّعْمَةِ

   or the time of illness through which Thou puttest me to the testand bestowest upon me favours: lightening of the offensesthat weigh down my back, purification of the evil deeds in to which I have plunged, incitement to reach for repentance, reminder of the erasure of misdeeds through ancient favour;

5. وَ فِي خِلَالِ ذَلِكَ مَا كَتَبَ لِيَ الْكَاتِبَانِ مِنْ زَكِيِّ الْأَعْمَالِ ، مَا لَا قَلْبٌ فَكَّرَ فِيهِ ، وَ لَا لِسَانٌ نَطَقَ بِهِ ، وَ لَا جَارِحَةٌ تَكَلَّفَتْهُ ، بَلْ إِفْضَالًا مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ ، وَ إِحْسَاناً مِنْ صَنِيعِكَ إِلَيَّ .

   and, through all that, what the two writers write for me: blameless acts, which no heart had thought, no tongue had uttered, and no limb had undertaken, rather, as Thy bestowal of bounty upon meand the beneficence of Thy benefaction toward me.

6. اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ مَا رَضِيتَ لِي ، وَ يَسِّرْ لِي مَا أَحْلَلْتَ بِي ، وَ طَهِّرْنِي مِنْ دَنَسِ مَا أَسْلَفْتُ ، وَ امْحُ عَنِّي شَرَّ مَا قَدَّمْتُ ، وَ أَوْجِدْنِي حَلَاوَةَ الْعَافِيَةِ ، وَ أَذِقْنِي بَرْدَ السَّلَامَةِ ، وَ اجْعَلْ مَخْرَجِي عَنْ عِلَّتِي إِلَى عَفْوِكَ ، وَ مُتَحَوَّلِي عَنْ صَرْعَتِي إِلَى تَجَاوُزِكَ ، وَ خَلَاصِي مِنْ كَرْبِي إِلَى رَوْحِكَ ، وَ سَلَامَتِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشِّدَّةِ إِلَى فَرَجِكَ

   O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, make me love what Thou hast approved for me, make easy for me what Thou hast sent down upon me, purify me of the defilement of what I have sent ahead, erase the evil of what I have done beforehand, let me find the sweetness of well-being, let me taste the coolness of safety, and appoint for mea way out from my illness to Thy pardon, transformation of my infirmity in to Thy forbearance, escape from my distress to Thy refreshment, and safety from this hardship in Thy relief!

7. إِنَّكَ الْمُتَفَضِّلُ بِالْإِحْسَانِ ، الْمُتَطَوِّلُ بِالِامْتِنَانِ ، الْوَهَّابُ الْكَرِيمُ ، ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ .

   Thou art gratuitously bountiful in beneficence, ever gracious in kindness, the Generous, the Giver, Possessor of majesty and munificence!