Dua for Healing (13)
26 verses
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
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It is reported that al-Najashi, an ancient king of Abyssinia, inherited from his fathers a four hundred year old bonnet that appeases any pain that it touches. When the bonnet was untied to inspect its secret, the following supplicatory prayer was seen written therein:
1بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلْمُبِينِ
In the Name of Allah; the King and the Manifest Truth.
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شَهِدَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاََّ هُوَ
Allah is witness that there is no god save Him.
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وَٱلْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَأُولُو الْعِلْمِ
The angels and the men of learning too are witness.
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قَائِماً بِالْقِسْطِ
Maintaining His creation in justice,
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لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاََّ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
there is no god save Him; the Almighty and Wise.
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إِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلإِسْلاَمُ
Lo! The religion with Allah is Islam.
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لِلَّهِ نُورٌ وَحِكْمَةٌ
To Allah there are light, wisdom,
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وَحَوْلٌ وَقُوَّةٌ
might, power,
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وَقُدْرَةٌ وَسُلْطَانٌ وَبُرْهَانٌ
omnipotence, authority, and clear evidence.
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لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ ٱللَّهُ
There is no god save Allah.
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آدَمُ صَفِيُّ ٱللَّهِ
Adam is the choice of Allah.
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لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاََّ ٱللَّهُ
There is no god save Allah.
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إِبْرَاهِيمُ خَلِيلُ ٱللَّهِ
Abraham is the friend of Allah.
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لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاََّ ٱللَّهُ
There is no god save Allah.
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مُوسَىٰ كَلِيمُ ٱللَّهِ
Moses is the spoken by Allah.
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لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاََّ ٱللَّهُ
There is no god save Allah.
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مُحَمَّدٌ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ
Muhammad the Arab is the messenger of Allah,
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وَحَبِيبُهُ وَخِيَرَتُهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ
as well as His most beloved and best of all His creatures.
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أُسْكُنْ يَا جَمِيعَ ٱلأَوْجَاعِ
Calm down, O all pains,
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وَٱلأَسْقَامِ وَٱلأَمْرَاضِ
illnesses, diseases,
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وَجَمِيعَ ٱلْعِلَلِ
all ailments,
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وَجَمِيعَ ٱلْحُمَيَّاتِ
and all fevers.
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سَكَّنْتُكَ بِٱلَّذِي سَكَنَ لَهُ مَا فِي ٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ
I make you calm down in the name of the One to Whom whatsoever in the night and daylight rests
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وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
and He is the All-hearing and All-knowing.
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وَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ خَيْرِ خَلْقِهِ
May Allah bless the best of His creatures;
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مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ
Muhammad, and his entire Household.