Prayers for Healing a Sick Child from the Quran
Below is a collection of verses that Muslims can recite with the intention of seeking healing, by the will of Allah – the Most High:
- Allah – the Most High – says: (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment. You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help. Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray).
- Allah – the Most High – commands: (Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak from the evil of that which He created and from the evil of the darkness when it settles and from the evil of the blowers in knots and from the evil of an envier when he envies).
- Allah – the Most High – states: (Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the whisperer who withdraws, who whispers in the breasts of mankind, of jinn and of mankind).
- Allah – the Most High – says: (Say, “He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent”).
- Allah – the Most High – declares: (Allah! There is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great).
Prayers for Healing a Sick Child from the Sunnah
The following are supplications that have been reported from the Messenger of Allah – peace be upon him – which a believer can use to pray for recovery from illness:
- The Messenger of Allah – peace be upon him – said: (There is no harm; it is a purification if Allah wills).
- The Messenger of Allah – peace be upon him – said: (O Lord of mankind, remove the harm, heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no ailment).
- The Messenger of Allah – peace be upon him – advised: (Place your hand on the area of pain on your body and say, ‘In the name of Allah’ three times, and say seven times, ‘I seek refuge with Allah and His power from the evil of what I feel and fear’).
Diverse Prayers for Healing a Sick Child
Here is a selection of prayers that can be uttered for the recovery of a sick child, with the permission of Allah:
- O Allah, You are the Healer. There is no healing other than Your healing. Grant (child’s name) complete recovery, leaving no ailment behind, O Lord of the worlds.
- O Allah, this child is in Your mercy. Heal him/her and restore health completely. Do not let him/her complain of illness or pain, for indeed, You are capable of everything.
- O Allah, I ask You by Your Greatest Name, the one by which when invoked You answer, and when asked You give, to heal (child’s name) and grant him/her health and wellness, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
- O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the harm and heal him/her, for You are the Healer. Indeed, the affliction has touched him/her, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.
- O Allah, I ask You by every name that is Yours, by which You named Yourself, or taught to one of Your creations, or kept hidden in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to bestow upon (child’s name) swift healing, for You are surely capable of all things.
- O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the mighty Throne, You are capable of all things. Heal (child’s name) through Your power and mercy, which encompasses everything, O Lord of the worlds.
- O Allah, heal this little body that has been weakened by illness, for there is no one other than You to help, O Most Generous of the Generous.