Supplication When Sick

His Supplication when Sick

دُعَاؤُهُ عِنْدَ الْمَرَضِ
أللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ أَزَلْ أَتَصَرَّفُ فِيهِ مِنْ سَلاَمَةِ بَدَنِي،
O God, to Thee belongs praise for the good health of my body which lets me move about,
وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَحْدَثْتَ بِيْ مِنْ عِلَّة فِي جَسَـدِي.
and to Thee belongs praise, for the ailments which Thou causest to arise in my flesh!
فَمَا أَدْرِي يَـا إلهِي، أَيُّ الْحَالَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالشُّكْرِ لَكَ،
For I know not, my God, which of the two states deserves more my thanking Thee
وَأَيُّ الْوَقْتَيْنِ أوْلَى بِالْحَمْدِ لَكَ،
and which of the two times is more worthy for my praise of Thee:
أَوَقْتُ الصِّحَةِ الَّتِي هَنَّـأْتَنِي فِيهَا طَيِّبَاتِ رِزْقِكَ،
the time of health, within which Thou makest me delight in the agreeable things of Thy provision,
وَنَشَّطْتَنِي بِهَا لابْتِغاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ،
through which Thou givest me the joy to seek the means to Thy good pleasure and bounty,
وَقَوَّيْتَنِي مَعَهَا عَلَى مَـا وَفَّقْتَنِي لَهُ مِنْ طَـاعَتِـكَ
and by which Thou strengthenest me for the acts of obedience which Thou hast given me success to accomplish;
أَمْ وَقْتُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مَحَّصْتَنِي بِهَا،
or the time of illness through which Thou puttest me to the test
وَالنِّعَمِ الَّتِي أَتْحَفْتَنِي بِهَا
and bestowest upon me favours:
تَخْفِيفاً لِمَا ثَقُلَ بِهِ عَلَى ظَهري مِنَ الْخَطِيئاتِ
lightening of the offenses that weigh down my back,
وَتَطْهيراً لِمَا انْغَمَسْتُ فيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئاتِ ،
purification of the evil deeds into which I have plunged,
وَتَنْبِيهاً لِتَنَاوُلِ التَّوْبَةِ، وَتَذْكِيراً لِمَحْوِ الْحَوْبَةِ بِقَدِيمِ النِّعْمَةِ،
incitement to reach for repentance, reminder of the erasure of misdeeds through ancient favour;
وَفِي خِلاَلِ ذَلِكَ مَا كَتَبَ لِيَ الْكَاتِبَانِ
and, through all that, what the two writers write for me:
مِنْ زَكِيِّ الأعْمَالِ، مَا لا قَلْبٌ فَكَّرَ فِيهِ،
blameless acts, which no heart had thought,
وَلا لِسَانٌ نَطَقَ بِهِ وَلاَ جَارِحَةٌ تَكَلَّفَتْهُ بَلْ إفْضَالاً مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ،
no tongue had uttered, and no limb had undertaken, rather, as Thy bestowal of bounty upon me
وَإحْسَاناً مِنْ صَنِيعِـكَ إلَيَّ.
and the beneficence of Thy benefaction toward me.
أللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّـد وَآلِـهِ
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
وَحَبِّبْ إلَيّ مَـا رَضِيتَ لِي ،
make me love what Thou hast approved for me,
وَيَسِّرْ لِي مَا أَحْلَلْتَ بِيْ،
make easy for me what Thou hast sent down upon me,
وَطَهِّرْنِي مِنْ دَنَسِ مَا أَسْلَفْتُ ،
purify me of the defilement of what I have sent ahead,
وَامْحُ عَنِّي شَرَّ مَا قَـدَّمْتُ،
erase the evil of what I have done beforehand,
وَأَوْجِدْنِي حَلاَوَةَ الْعَافِيَةِ ، وَأَذِقْنِي بَرْدَ السَّلاَمَةِ
let me find the sweetness of well-being, let me taste the coolness of safety,
وَاجْعَلْ مَخْرَجِي عَنْ عِلَّتِي إلَى عَفْوِكَ،
and appoint for me a way out from my illness to Thy pardon,
وَمُتَحَوَّلِي عَنْ صَرْعَتِي إلَى تَجَاوُزِكَ،
transformation of my infirmity into Thy forbearance,
وَخَلاصِي مِنْ كَرْبِي إلَى رَوْحِكَ،
escape from my distress to Thy refreshment,
وَسَلاَمَتِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشِّدَّةِ إلَى فَرَجِكَ،
and safety from this hardship in Thy relief!
إنَّكَ الْمُتَفَضِّلُ بِالإِحْسَانِ،
Thou art gratuitously bountiful in beneficence,
الْمُتَطَوِّلُ بِالامْتِنَانِ، الْوَهَّابُ الْكَرِيمُ،
ever gracious in kindness, the Generous, the Giver,
ذُو الْجَلاَلِ وَالإكْرَامِ
Possessor of majesty and munificence!
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