Remedies For
Grieving
Remember that Allah tests those He loves. Here are some remedies from the Quran and Sunnah to help soothe your heart.
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتۡهُم مُّصِيبَةٞ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيۡهِ رَٰجِعُونَ
Transliteration
Alladhīna idhā aṣābat-hum muṣībatun qālū innā li-llāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn.
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."
إِنَّ الْعَيْنَ تَدْمَعُ، وَالْقَلْبَ يَحْزَنُ، وَلاَ نَقُولُ إِلاَّ مَا يَرْضَى رَبُّنَا، وَإِنَّا بِفِرَاقِكَ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَمَحْزُونُونَ
Transliteration
Inna-l-ʿayna tadmaʿ, wa-l-qalba yaḥzan, wa lā naqūlu illā mā yarḍā Rabbunā, wa innā bi-firāqika yā Ibrāhīmu la-maḥzūnūn.
The eye sheds tears and the heart grieves, and we say nothing except what pleases our Lord. And indeed, O Ibrāhīm, we are grieved by your parting.
قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشۡكُواْ بَثِّي وَحُزۡنِيٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعۡلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
Transliteration
Qāla innamā ashkū baththī wa ḥuznī ila-llāhi wa aʿlamu mina-llāhi mā lā taʿlamūn.
He said, "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah that which you do not know."
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ
Transliteration
Allāhumma-ghfir lahu wa-rḥamhu wa ʿāfihi waʿfu ʿanhu.
O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on him, keep him well, and pardon him.
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ احْتَسَبْتُ مُصِيبَتِي فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا وَعُضْنِي مِنْهَا
Transliteration
Innā li-llāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Allāhumma ʿindaka-ḥtasabtu muṣībatī fa'jurnī fīhā wa ʿuḍnī minhā.
Truly, to Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return. O Allah, with You I seek reward for my calamity, so reward me for it and compensate me.