Dua for Surgery
Before, During & After

اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلًا

Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā ja’altahu sahlā, wa anta taj’alul-ḥazna idhā shi’ta sahlā.

Translation: “O Allah, there is no ease except in that which You have made easy, and You make the difficult easy when You will.”

إِنِّي تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمْ ۚ مَّا مِن دَابَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا

Innī tawakkaltu ʿalallāhi Rabbī wa Rabbikum. Mā min dābbatin illā huwa ākhidhun bināṣiyatihā.

Translation: “I have placed my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. There is not a creature but that He holds its forelock.”

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الهَمِّ وَالحَزَنِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ العَجْزِ وَالكَسَلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الجُبْنِ وَالبُخْلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَقَهْرِ الرِّجَالِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazan, wa aʿūdhu bika minal-ʿajzi wal-kasal, wa aʿūdhu bika minal-jubni wal-bukhl, wa aʿūdhu bika min ghalabatid-dayni wa qahrir-rijāl.

Translation: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, from weakness and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, and from overwhelming debt and the subjugation of men.”

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ وَاشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

Allāhumma Rabban-nāsi, adhhibil-ba’sa washfi, Antash-Shāfī, lā shifā’a illā shifā’uka, shifā’an lā yughādiru saqamā.

Translation: “O Allah, Lord of the people, remove the affliction and heal. You are the Healer; there is no cure except Your cure — a cure that leaves no illness behind.”

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ العَظِيمَ رَبَّ العَرْشِ العَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

As’alullāhal-ʿaẓīma Rabbal-ʿarshil-ʿaẓīmi an yashfiyak.

Translation: “I ask Allah the Magnificent, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to heal you.”

📌 The Prophet ﷺ stated: whoever recites this seven times for a sick Muslim, if it is not his/her decreed time of death, Allah will heal them. (Tirmidhi 2083)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ۝ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ۝ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ۝ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ ۝ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ۝ اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ۝ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-ʿālamīn. Ar-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm. Māliki yawmid-dīn. Iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn. Ihdinaṣ-ṣirāṭal-mustaqīm. Ṣirāṭalladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayril-maghdūbi ʿalayhim wa laḍ-ḍāllīn.

Translation: “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is for Allah — Lord of all worlds, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgement. You alone we worship; You alone we ask for help. Guide us along the Straight Path — the path of those You have blessed, not of those You are displeased with, or of those who are astray.”

وَيَشْفِ صُدُورَ قَوْمٍ مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Wa yashfi ṣudūra qawmin mu’minīn.

Translation: “And He will heal the hearts of the believing people.”

📌 Known among scholars as one of the five “Ayat ash-Shifa” (healing verses). Recite all five before and after surgery for comprehensive spiritual healing. See the full list at Health & Healing Duas.

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ يَدَيْهِ وَعَقْلَهُ، وَاجْعَلْ فِي عِلْمِهِ بَرَكَةً، وَيَسِّرْ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ، وَتَوَلَّهُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ

Allāhumma ihdi yadayhi wa ʿaqlahu, waj’al fī ʿilmihi barakah, wa yassir lahu amrahu, wa tawalahu biraḥmatik.

Translation: “O Allah, guide his/her hands and mind, place blessing in his/her knowledge, make his/her task easy, and take him/her under Your mercy.”

📌 This compiled supplication draws on the Prophetic tradition of seeking Allah’s guidance for those entrusted with our care. Scholars at IslamQA.info confirm the permissibility and reward of making such personalized du’a.

رَبِّ إِنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Rabbi innī massaniyaḍ-ḍurru wa Anta arḥamur-rāḥimīn.

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

📌 Prophet Ayyub (Job) ﷺ recited this during his years of illness. Allah responded: “So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity” (Quran 21:84). This is one of the most powerful duas for enduring illness and surgical recovery.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي مِمَّا ابْتَلَاكَ بِهِ وَفَضَّلَنِي عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضِيلًا

Alḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī ʿāfānī mimmabtalāka bihī wa faḍḍalanī ʿalā kathīrin mimman khalaqa tafḍīlā.

Translation: “All praise is for Allah who has pardoned me of that which He has afflicted you with, and Who has preferred me over many of those He has created.”