১৫. রোগ-ব্যাধি, অসুস্থতা ও বিপদে পড়ার সময় দু'আ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

O Allah, praise be to You

for the sound body I have always moved about in,

and praise be to You

for the illness You have now brought to my body.

For I do not know, my God,

which of the two states more deserves my thanks to You,

and which of the two times is more fitting for my praise of You:

the time of health,

in which You let me enjoy the good things of Your provision,

gave me the energy through it to seek Your good pleasure and bounty,

and strengthened me with it for the obedience You helped me to,

or the time of illness,

through which You have purified me,

and the blessings You have gifted me with:

lightening the sins that weigh down my back,

cleansing me of the evil deeds I sank into,

rousing me to reach for repentance,

and reminding me that Your age-old favour wipes out sin?

And all the while the two recording angels wrote down for me

pure deeds

that no heart thought of,

no tongue spoke of,

and no limb worked for,

but given as Your favour to me

and as a kindness You have done me.

O Allah, so bless Muhammad and his family,

make dear to me what You are pleased with for me,

make easy for me what You have sent down on me,

cleanse me of the stain of what I did before,

wipe away the evil of what I have sent ahead,

let me find the sweetness of well-being,

let me taste the coolness of safety,

and make my way out of my illness lead to Your pardon,

my rising from my collapse lead to Your forgiving,

my release from my distress lead to Your comfort,

and my safety from this hardship lead to Your relief.

Surely You do good out of pure generosity and give out of grace,

the Bestower, the Generous,

Possessor of majesty and honour (55:27).