Dua for the Sick (Healing & Shifa)
Complete Arabic Text (النص العربي الكامل)
اللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ، اشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا
Transliteration (Pronunciation)
Allahumma Rabban-nas, adhhibil-ba's, ishfi wa antash-Shafi, la shifa'a illa shifa'uk, shifa'an la yughadiru saqama
Complete Translations (English & Urdu)
“O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the hardship. Cure, for You are the Curer. There is no cure except Your cure, a cure that leaves behind no disease.”
“اے اللہ! انسانوں کے پروردگار! تکلیف کو دور فرما دے، شفا عطا فرما کیونکہ تو ہی شفا دینے والا ہے، تیری شفا کے سوا کوئی شفا نہیں، ایسی شفا جو کسی بیماری کو باقی نہ چھوڑے۔”
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When to Recite
When visiting a sick person, caring for an unwell child or parent, or when dealing with personal illness.
How to Recite & Etiquette
Place your right hand gently on the forehead or place of discomfort and recite with steadfast certainty that Allah is Ash-Shafi.
About this Supplication & Hadith Context
Meaning, spiritual background, and authentic virtues from the Sunnah
Aisha (RA) reported that when someone was ill or in pain, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ would wipe over them with his right hand and utter this premier prayer of healing (Sahih al-Bukhari 5743). It is the gold standard of authentic Prophetic Ruqyah.
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