Duas for Healing & Recovery

Seek Allah's healing and mercy with powerful Islamic prayers for health, recovery, and relief from illness.

رَبِّ إِنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Transliteration: Rabbi innee massaniya addurru wa anta arhamur-raahimeen

Translation: My Lord, indeed adversity has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.

Prophet Ayyub's (Job) dua - Quran 21:83For any illness or hardship

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ، اشْفِهِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَماً

Transliteration: Allahumma Rabban-naas, azhibil-ba'sa, washfi anta ash-Shaafi, laa shifaa'a illa shifaa'uka, shifaa'an laa yughaadiru saqamaa

Translation: O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the affliction and send down cure and healing, for no one can cure but You. Give such a cure that leaves no illness behind.

Sahih BukhariFor complete healing

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

Transliteration: As'alullahal-Azeem Rabbal-Arshil-Azeem an yashfiyaka

Translation: I ask Allah, the Mighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to cure you.

Abu DawudRecite 7 times for the sick

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration: Bismillaahil-lazee laa yadurru ma'asmihi shay'un fil-ardi wa laa fis-samaa'i wa huwas-Samee'ul-'Aleem

Translation: In the name of Allah with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Abu DawudProtection from harm (3 times morning/evening)

لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Transliteration: Laa ba'sa tahoorun in shaa Allah

Translation: No harm, it is a purification if Allah wills.

Sahih BukhariWords of comfort for the sick

اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي

Transliteration: Allahumma 'aafini fee badani, Allahumma 'aafini fee sam'i, Allahumma 'aafini fee basari

Translation: O Allah, grant me health in my body. O Allah, grant me health in my hearing. O Allah, grant me health in my sight.

Abu DawudFor overall health and wellbeing

Verses About Healing

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And We send down of the Quran that which is healing and mercy for the believers.

Al-Isra 17:82

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ

O mankind, there has come to you instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the breasts.

Yunus 10:57

وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

And when I am ill, it is He who cures me.

Al-Shu'ara 26:80