# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 15: When Sick

- **Arabic title:** الصحيفة السجادية 15 — دعاؤه إذا مرض
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Healing](https://duasonline.org/category/healing.md), [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-15-sickness

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 15: when sick. Transmitted through the chain given in the Sahifa's preface; standard printed editions.

## Source

Arabic text, translation and transliteration from [duas.org](https://www.duas.org/mobile/sahifasajjadia-dua15-when-sick.html).

## Text

Each line gives the Arabic, then the transliteration in italics, then the English.

1. أَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ أَزَلْ أَتَصَرَّفُ فِيهِ مِنْ سَلَامَةِ بَدَنِي\
   *Allāhumma laka al-ḥamdu ‘alā mā lam azal atasarrafu fīhi min salāmati badanī*\
   O Allah, praise be to You for the health of my body that I continue to enjoy.

2. وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَحْدَثْتَ بِي مِنْ عِلَّةٍ فِي جَسَدِي\
   *Wa laka al-ḥamdu ‘alā mā aḥdathta bī min ‘illatin fī jasadī*\
   And praise be to You for the illness You brought upon my body.

3. فَمَا أَدْرِي يَا إِلَهِي أَيُّ الْحَالَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالشُّكْرِ لَكَ\
   *Famā adrī yā ilāhī ayyu al-ḥālayni aḥaqqu bi-ash-shukri laka*\
   For I know not, O my God, which of the two states is more worthy of gratitude to You,

4. وَأَيُّ الْوَقْتَيْنِ أَوْلَى بِالْحَمْدِ لَكَ\
   *Wa ayyu al-waqtayni awlā bi-al-ḥamdi laka*\
   and which of the two times is more deserving of praise to You:

5. أَوَقْتُ الصِّحَّةِ الَّتِي هَنَّأْتَنِي فِيهَا طَيِّبَاتِ رِزْقِكَ\
   *Awaqtu aṣ-ṣiḥḥati allatī hanna’tanī fīhā ṭayyibāti rizqika*\
   The time of health, in which You delighted me with the good provisions,

6. وَنَشَّطْتَنِي بِهَا لِابْتِغَاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ\
   *Wa nashshaṭtanī bihā li-ibtighā’i marḍātika wa faḍlika*\
   and energized me with it to seek Your pleasure and Your favor,

7. وَقَوَّيْتَنِي مَعَهَا عَلَى مَا وَفَّقْتَنِي لَهُ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ\
   *Wa qawwaytanī ma‘ahā ‘alā mā waffaqtanī lahu min ṭā‘atika*\
   and strengthened me with it for what You enabled me to do of Your obedience?

8. أَمْ وَقْتُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مَحَّصْتَنِي بِهَا\
   *Am waqtu al-‘illati allatī maḥḥaṣtanī bihā*\
   Or the time of illness, by which You purified me,

9. وَالنِّعَمِ الَّتِي أَتْحَفْتَنِي بِهَا تَخْفِيفًا لِمَا ثَقُلَ بِهِ عَلَى ظَهْرِي مِنَ الْخَطِيئَاتِ\
   *Wa an-ni‘ami allatī atḥaftanī bihā takhfīfan limā thaqula bihi ‘alā ẓahrī mina al-khaṭī’āti*\
   and the blessings You bestowed upon me to lighten what weighed heavily on my back of sins,

10. وَتَطْهِيرًا لِمَا انْغَمَسْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ\
   *Wa taṭhīran limā anghamastu fīhi mina as-sayyi’āti*\
   and to purify what I indulged in of misdeeds,

11. وَتَنْبِيهًا لِتَنَاوُلِ التَّوْبَةِ\
   *Wa tanbīhan litanāwuli at-tawbati*\
   and as a reminder to seek repentance,

12. وَتَذْكِيرًا لِمَحْوِ الْحَوْبَةِ بِقَدِيمِ النِّعْمَةِ\
   *Wa tadhkīran limaḥwi al-ḥawbati biqadīmi an-ni‘mati*\
   and a reminder to erase sins with Your longstanding grace?

13. وَفِي خِلَالِ ذَلِكَ مَا كَتَبَ لِيَ الْكَاتِبَانِ مِنْ زَكِيِّ الْأَعْمَالِ\
   *Wa fī khilāli dhālika mā kataba liya al-kātibāni min zakiyyi al-a‘māli*\
   And amidst that, what the two angels recorded for me of pure deeds,

14. مَا لَا قَلْبٌ فَكَّرَ فِيهِ وَلَا لِسَانٌ نَطَقَ بِهِ وَلَا جَارِحَةٌ تَكَلَّفَتْهُ\
   *Mā lā qalbun fakkara fīhi wa lā lisānun naṭaqa bihi wa lā jāriḥatun takallafathu*\
   which no heart conceived, nor tongue uttered, nor limb undertook,

15. بَلْ إِفْضَالًا مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ وَإِحْسَانًا مِنْ صَنِيعِكَ إِلَيَّ\
   *Bal ifḍālan minka ‘alayya wa iḥsānan min ṣanī‘ika ilayya*\
   but as a favor from You upon me, and kindness from Your doing toward me.

16. أَللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma faṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his family,

17. وَحَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ مَا رَضِيتَ لِي\
   *Wa ḥabbib ilayya mā raḍīta lī*\
   and make beloved to me what You have decreed for me,

18. وَيَسِّرْ لِي مَا أَحْلَلْتَ بِي\
   *Wa yassir lī mā aḥlalta bī*\
   and ease for me what You have brought upon me,

19. وَطَهِّرْنِي مِنْ دَنَسِ مَا أَسْلَفْتُ\
   *Wa ṭahhirnī min danasi mā aslaftu*\
   and purify me from the taint of what I have committed,

20. وَامْحُ عَنِّي شَرَّ مَا قَدَّمْتُ\
   *Wa imḥu ‘annī sharra mā qaddamtu*\
   and erase from me the evil of what I have sent forth.

21. وَأَوْجِدْنِي حَلَاوَةَ الْعَافِيَةِ\
   *Wa awjidnī ḥalāwata al-‘āfiyati*\
   And grant me the sweetness of well-being,

22. وَأَذِقْنِي بَرْدَ السَّلَامَةِ\
   *Wa adhiqnī barda as-salāmati*\
   and let me taste the coolness of safety.

23. وَاجْعَلْ مَخْرَجِي عَنْ عِلَّتِي إِلَى عَفْوِكَ\
   *Wa ij‘al makhrajī ‘an ‘illatī ilā ‘afwika*\
   And make my escape from my illness to Your pardon,

24. وَمُتَحَوَّلِي عَنْ صَرْعَتِي إِلَى تَجَاوُزِكَ\
   *Wa mutaḥawwalī ‘an ṣar‘atī ilā tajāwuzika*\
   and my transition from my affliction to Your forbearance,

25. وَخَلَاصِي مِنْ كَرْبِي إِلَى رَوْحِكَ\
   *Wa khalāṣī min karbī ilā rawḥika*\
   and my deliverance from my distress to Your relief,

26. وَسَلَامَتِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشِّدَّةِ إِلَى فَرَجِكَ\
   *Wa salāmatī min hādhihi ash-shiddati ilā farajika*\
   and my safety from this hardship to Your ease.

27. إِنَّكَ الْمُتَفَضِّلُ بِالْإِحْسَانِ الْمُتَطَوِّلُ بِالِامْتِنَانِ الْوَهَّابُ الْكَرِيمُ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ\
   *Innaka al-mutafaḍḍilu bi-al-iḥsāni al-mutaṭawwilu bi-al-imtināni al-wahhābu al-karīmu dhū al-jalāli wa al-ikrāmi*\
   For You are the Benefactor with kindness, the Bountiful with grace, the Generous Giver, Possessor of majesty and honor.

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 23: When He Asked God for Well-Being](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-23.md)
- [Dua Yastasheer](https://duasonline.org/dua/dua-yastashir.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 1: In Praise of Allah](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-01-praise-allah.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 10: In Seeking Asylum With God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-10.md)