Ash-Shafi (The Healer)
No More Illness
Ash-Shafi is one of Allah’s beautiful names, for which we praise Him. We praise Him for choosing this Name, for embodying the attribute of healing, and for being the One and Only who restores health to His servants. This Name conveys its meaning clearly, yet its apparent meaning reflects its hidden treasures.
Healing is inherently tied to illness.
And because illness is a recurring aspect of human life—varied in its pain, countless in its forms—it leaves no one. The one healed from eye pain may suffer a headache, and when the headache subsides, joint pain may arise. Once that is alleviated, a fever may take over, and when the fever cools, colitis may flare up. If that subsides, a tooth nerve may attack.
Thus, scarcely a day passes without pain!
And even if your body is saved from pain, you might see your brother groaning, your mother crying, your child moaning, or your loved one in anguish.
Get in touchHeals you with no Cause
You are Unaware!
And the Light Returned…
Return to Him
An Appointment in Advance
Full Stop
Contentment
The cure may be closer than you think! Look at Job (Prophet Ayoub, peace be upon him), who was instructed simply to strike the ground with his foot, and there it was: “a cool bath and a drink.”
The cure had been near him all along, lacking only the divine will so that causes of healing would be complete. When Allah willed, Ayoub knew the cure, and by His permission, the cure was effective.
You don’t need to book a flight to Washington, Paris, or Beijing. Your cure, if Allah wills, is near; just book for your heart a journey to the City of Contentment:
Your remedy is within you, but you do not feel it.
And your illness is from you, but you fail to perceive it.
If you are content with Allah, He will grant you contentment.
Illness is among the most challenging tests of contentment. If you respond to this test with satisfaction, the result will be satisfying by Allah’s permission.
But some may ask: How can I be content with illness, which naturally brings pain and discomfort? How can I be content with something I detest?
Imam Ibn al-Qayyim answers this question, saying:
“There is no contradiction here, for one may be content with an affliction because of the good it leads to, even while disliking the pain it causes. It is like bitter medicine, and one knows that it brings healing. Thus, contentment and aversion can coexist.”
Say through your sighs what your Prophet taught his nation to say: “I am content with Allah as my Lord, with Islam as my religion, and with Muhammad as my Prophet.”
Say it with your heart. Train your heart to submit to its meaning. Wash your heart with these words until it is cleansed.
Contentment with Allah stems from being content in Allah. And if you are content in Him, He will satisfy you.
Let your heart breathe contentment. Let it taste the sweetness of contentment. Then, observe your body; you will see signs of healing spreading through its corners by Allah’s permission.
Gather your hands, call upon Him by His Name in your supplication, and then wipe your body. By His decree, He may restore what seemed lost.
Make illness the beginning of a new chapter—one in which you come to know your Lord through His Name, Ash-Shafi (The Healer).
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