His Supplication when Sick

His Supplication when Sick or Visited by Distress or an Affliction 1- O God, to Thee belongs praisefor the good health of my bodywhich lets me move about, and to Thee belongs praise, for the ailmentswhich Thou causest to arise in my flesh! 2- For I know not, my God, which of the two states deserves more my thanking Theeand which of the two times is more worthy for my praise of Thee: 3- 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 seekthe means to Thy good pleasure and bounty, and by which Thou strengthenest mefor the acts of obediencewhich Thou hast given me success to accomplish; 4- or the time of illnessthrough which Thou puttest me to the testand bestowest upon me favours: lightening of the offensesthat weigh down my back, purification of the evil deedsinto which I have plunged, incitement to reach for repentance, reminder of the erasure of misdeeds through ancient favour; 5- 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 meand the beneficence of Thy benefaction toward me. 1 6- 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 mea 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! 7- Thou art gratuitously bountiful in beneficence, ever gracious in kindness, the Generous, the Giver, Possessor of majesty and munificence!