Sahifa Sajjadiya 15: When Sick

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اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ اَزَلْ اَتَصَرَّفُ فِيهِ مِنْ سَلَامَةِ بَدَنِي، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا اَحْدَثْتَ بِي مِنْ عِلَّةٍ فِي جَسَدِي

ALLAAHUMMA LAKAL HAMDU A'LAA MAA LAM AZAL ATASARRAFU FEEHI MIN SALAAMATI BADANEE WA LAKAL HAMDU A'LAA MAA AHDATHTA BEE MIN I'LLATIN FEE JASADEE

O God, to Thee belongs praise for 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!

فَمَا اَدْرِي، يَا اِلٰهِي، اَيُّ الْحَالَيْنِ اَحَقُّ بِالشُّكْرِ لَكَ، وَاَيُّ الْوَقْتَيْنِ اَوْلَى بِالْحَمْدِ لَكَ

FAMAA ADREE YAA ILAAHEE AYYUL HAALAYNI AHAQQU BISH SHUKRI LAKA WA AYYUL WAQTAYNI AWLAA BIL HAMDI LAK

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

اَوَقْتُ الصِّحَّةِ الَّتِي هَنَّاْتَنِي فِيهَا طَيِّبَاتِ رِزْقِكَ، وَنَشَّطْتَنِي بِهَا لِابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ، وَقَوَّيْتَنِي مَعَهَا عَلَى مَا وَفَّقْتَنِي لَهٗ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ

A WAQTUS SIHHATIL LATEE HANNA'TANEE FEEHAA TAYYIBAATI RIZQIKA WA NASHSHATTANEE BIHAA LIBTIGHAA'I MARDAATIKA WA FADLIKA WA QAWWAYTANEE MA'AHAA A'LAA MAA WAFFAQTANEE LAHOO MIN TAA'ATIK

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 seek the means to Thy good pleasure and bounty, and by which Thou strengthenest me for the acts of obedience which Thou hast given me success to accomplish;

اَمْ وَقْتُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مَحَّصْتَنِي بِهَا، وَالنِّعَمِ الَّتِي اَتْحَفْتَنِي بِهَا، تَخْفِيفاً لِمَا ثَقُلَ بِهٖ عَلَيَّ ظَهْرِي مِنَ الْخَطِيئَاتِ، وَتَطْهِيراً لِمَا انْغَمَسْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ، وَتَنْبِيهاً لِتَنَاوُلِ التَّوْبَةِ، وَتَذْكِيراً لِمَحْوِ الْحَوْبَةِ بِقَدِيمِ النِّعْمَةِ

AM WAQTUL I'LLATIL LATEE MAHHASTANEE BIHAA WAN NI'AMIL LATEE AT-HAFTANEE BIHAA TAKHFEEFAN LIMAA THAQULA BIHEE A'LAYYA ZAHREE MINAL KHATEE'AATI WA TAT-HEERAN LIMAN GHAMASTU FEEHI MINAS SAYYI'AATI WA TANBEEHAN LITANAAWULIT TAWBATI WA TADHKEERAN LIMAHWIL HAWBATI BIQADEEMIN NI'MAH

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

وَفِي خِلَالِ ذٰلِكَ مَا كَتَبَ لِيَ الْكَاتِبَانِ مِنْ زَكِيِّ الْاَعْمَالِ، مَا لَا قَلْبٌ فَكَّرَ فِيهِ، وَلَا لِسَانٌ نَطَقَ بِهٖ، وَلَا جَارِحَةٌ تَكَلَّفَتْهُ، بَلْ اِفْضَالًا مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ، وَاِحْسَاناً مِنْ صَنِيعِكَ اِلَيَّ

WA FEE KHILAALI DHAALIKA MAA KATABA LIYAL KAATIBAANI MIN ZAKIYYIL A'MAALI MAA LAA QALBUN FAKKARA FEEHI WA LAA LISAANUN NATAQA BIHEE WA LAA JAARIHATUN TAKALLAFAT-HU BAL IFDAALAN MINKA A'LAYYA WA IHSAANAN MIN SANEE'IKA ILAYY

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 me and the beneficence of Thy benefaction toward me.

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَحَبِّبْ اِلَيَّ مَا رَضِيتَ لِي، وَيَسِّرْ لِي مَا اَحْلَلْتَ بِي، وَطَهِّرْنِي مِنْ دَنَسِ مَا اَسْلَفْتُ، وَامْحُ عَنِّي شَرَّ مَا قَدَّمْتُ، وَاَوْجِدْنِي حَلَاوَةَ الْعَافِيَةِ، وَاَذِقْنِي بَرْدَ السَّلَامَةِ، وَاجْعَلْ مَخْرَجِي عَنْ عِلَّتِي اِلَى عَفْوِكَ، وَمُتَحَوَّلِي عَنْ صَرْعَتِي اِلَى تَجَاوُزِكَ، وَخَلَاصِي مِنْ كَرْبِي اِلَى رَوْحِكَ، وَسَلَامَتِي مِنْ هٰذِهِ الشِّدَّةِ اِلَى فَرَجِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA HABBIB ILAYYA MAA RADEETA LEE WA YASSIR LEE MAA AHLALTA BEE WA TAHHIRNEE MIN DANASI MAA ASLAFTU WAMHU A'NNEE SHARRA MAA QADDAMTU WA AWJIDNEE HALAAWATAL A'AFIYATI WA ADHIQNEE BARDAS SALAAMATI WAJ'AL MAKHRAJEE A'N I'LLATEE ILAA A'FWIKA WA MUTAHAWWALEE A'N SAR'ATEE ILAA TAJAAWUZIKA WA KHALAASEE MIN KARBEE ILAA RAWHIKA WA SALAAMATEE MIN HAADHIHISH SHIDDATI ILAA FARAJIK

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 me a way out from my illness to Thy pardon, transformation of my infirmity into Thy forbearance, escape from my distress to Thy refreshment, and safety from this hardship in Thy relief!

اِنَّكَ الْمُتَفَضِّلُ بِالْاِحْسَانِ، الْمُتَطَوِّلُ بِالِامْتِنَانِ، الْوَهَّابُ الْكَرِيمُ، ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْاِكْرَامِ

INNAKAL MUTAFADDILU BIL IHSAANIL MUTATAWWILU BIL IMTINAANIL WAHHAABUL KAREEMU DHUL JALAALI WAL IKRAAM

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