| 15) His Supplication when Sick or Visited by Distress or an Affliction
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(15) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا مَرِضَ أَوْ نَزَلَ بِهِ كَرْبٌ أَوْ بَلِيَّةٌ
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| In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
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| 1- O God, to Thee belongs praise
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1. اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ
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| for the good health of my body which lets me move about,
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عَلَى مَا لَمْ أَزَلْ أَتَصَرَّفُ فِيهِ مِنْ سَلَامَةِ بَدَنِي ،
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| and to Thee belongs praise,
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وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ
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| for the ailments which Thou causest to arise in my flesh!
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عَلَى مَا أَحْدَثْتَ بِي مِنْ عِلَّةٍ فِي جَسَدِي
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| 2- For I know not, my God,
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2. فَمَا أَدْرِي ، يَا إِلَهِي ،
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| which of the two states deserves more my thanking Thee
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أَيُّ الْحَالَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالشُّكْرِ لَكَ ،
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| and which of the two times is more worthy for my praise of Thee:
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وَ أَيُّ الْوَقْتَيْنِ أَوْلَى بِالْحَمْدِ لَكَ
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| 3- the time of health,
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3. أَ وَقْتُ الصِّحَّةِ
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| within which Thou makest me delight in the agreeable things of Thy provision,
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الَّتِي هَنَّأْتَنِي فِيهَا طَيِّبَاتِ رِزْقِكَ ،
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| through which Thou givest me the joy to seek the means to Thy good pleasure and bounty,
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وَ نَشَّطْتَنِي بِهَا لِابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَ فَضْلِكَ ،
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| and by which Thou strengthenest me
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وَ قَوَّيْتَنِي مَعَهَا
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| for the acts of obedience which Thou hast given me success to accomplish;
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عَلَى مَا وَفَّقْتَنِي لَهُ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ
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| 4- or the time of illness
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4. أَمْ وَقْتُ الْعِلَّةِ
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| through which Thou puttest me to the test
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الَّتِي مَحَّصْتَنِي بِهَا ،
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| and bestowest upon me favours:
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وَ النِّعَمِ الَّتِي أَتْحَفْتَنِي بِهَا ،
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| lightening of the offenses that weigh down my back,
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تَخْفِيفاً لِمَا ثَقُلَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ ظَهْرِي مِنَ الْخَطِيئَاتِ ،
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| purification of the evil deeds into which I have plunged,
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وَ تَطْهِيراً لِمَا انْغَمَسْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ،
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| incitement to reach for repentance,
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وَ تَنْبِيهاً لِتَنَاوُلِ التَّوْبَةِ ،
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| reminder of the erasure of misdeeds through ancient favour;
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وَ تَذْكِيراً لِمَحْوِ الْحَوْبَةِ بِقَدِيمِ النِّعْمَةِ
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| 5- and, through all that, what the two writers write for me:
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5. وَ فِي خِلَالِ ذَلِكَ مَا كَتَبَ لِيَ الْكَاتِبَانِ
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| blameless acts,
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مِنْ زَكِيِّ الْأَعْمَالِ ،
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| which no heart had thought,
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مَا لَا قَلْبٌ فَكَّرَ فِيهِ ،
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| no tongue had uttered,
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وَ لَا لِسَانٌ نَطَقَ بِهِ ،
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| and no limb had undertaken,
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وَ لَا جَارِحَةٌ تَكَلَّفَتْهُ ،
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| rather, as Thy bestowal of bounty upon me
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بَلْ إِفْضَالًا مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ ،
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| and the beneficence of Thy benefaction toward me.
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وَ إِحْسَاناً مِنْ صَنِيعِكَ إِلَيَّ .
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| 6- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
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6. اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
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| make me love what Thou hast approved for me,
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وَ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ مَا رَضِيتَ لِي ،
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| make easy for me what Thou hast sent down upon me,
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وَ يَسِّرْ لِي مَا أَحْلَلْتَ بِي ،
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| purify me of the defilement of what I have sent ahead,
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وَ طَهِّرْنِي مِنْ دَنَسِ مَا أَسْلَفْتُ ،
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| erase the evil of what I have done beforehand,
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وَ امْحُ عَنِّي شَرَّ مَا قَدَّمْتُ ،
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| let me find the sweetness of well-being,
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وَ أَوْجِدْنِي حَلَاوَةَ الْعَافِيَةِ ،
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| let me taste the coolness of safety,
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وَ أَذِقْنِي بَرْدَ السَّلَامَةِ ،
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| and appoint for me a way out from my illness to Thy pardon,
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وَ اجْعَلْ مَخْرَجِي عَنْ عِلَّتِي إِلَى عَفْوِكَ ،
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| transformation of my infirmity into Thy forbearance,
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وَ مُتَحَوَّلِي عَنْ صَرْعَتِي إِلَى تَجَاوُزِكَ ،
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| escape from my distress to Thy refreshment,
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وَ خَلَاصِي مِنْ كَرْبِي إِلَى رَوْحِكَ ،
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| and safety from this hardship in Thy relief!
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وَ سَلَامَتِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشِّدَّةِ إِلَى فَرَجِكَ
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| 7- Thou art gratuitously bountiful in beneficence, ever gracious in kindness,
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7. إِنَّكَ الْمُتَفَضِّلُ بِالْإِحْسَانِ ، الْمُتَطَوِّلُ بِالِامْتِنَانِ ،
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| the Generous, the Giver,
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الْوَهَّابُ الْكَرِيمُ ،
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| Possessor of majesty and munificence![1]
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ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ .
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