If your hand aches, people online and in family circles recommend a handful of short prayers and Quranic verses — some are written on amulets, some breathed over the limb — here are the most shared ones.
If you suffer from hand pain, don’t miss this article. Below we introduce prayers that are believed to help remove hand pain.
Hand pain is one of those problems that can be extremely bothersome and disabling. One of the causes that may produce hand pain is stress.
Hand pain of nervous origin, hand pain due to injury, and illnesses that lead to hand pain are some of the possible causes you may encounter.
For this ailment, recite this prayer once, then blow (on the affected area); healing will occur:
(Arabic text begins — passages from Sūrat al-Ghashiyah and related verses are quoted here in the Persian article.)
هَلْ أَتَاکَ حَدِیثُ الْغَاشِیَهِ ط وُجُوهٌ یَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَهٌ لا. عَامِلَهٌ نَاصِبَهٌ لا. تَصْلَى نَاراً حَامِیَهً لا. تُسْقَى مِنْ عَیْنٍ آنِیَهٍ ط لَیْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِیعٍ لا. لاَ یُسْمِنُ وَلاَ یُغْنِی مِن جُوعٍ ط وُجُوهٌ یَوْمَئِذٍ نَاعِمَهٌ لا. لِسَعْیِهَا رَاضِیَهٌ لا.فِی جَنَّهٍ عَالِیَهٍ لا. لاَ تَسْمَعُ فِیهَا لاَغِیَهً ج فِیهَا عَیْنٌ جَارِیَهٌ ط فِیهَا سُرُرٌ مَرْفُوعَهٌ ج وَأَکْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَهٌ لا.وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَهٌ ج وَزَرَابِیُّ مَبْثُوثَهٌ ط أَفَلاَ یَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ کَیْفَ خُلِقَتْ قف وَإِلَى السَّماءِ کَیْفَ رُفِعَتْ قف وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ کَیْفَ نُصِبَتْ قف وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ کَیْفَ سُطِحَتْ ط فَذَکِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَکِّرٌ ط لَسْتَ عَلَیْهِم بِمُصَیْطِرٍ ج إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّى وَکَفَرَ لا.فَیُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَکْبَرَ ط إِنَّ إِلَیْنَا إِیَابَهُمْ لا. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَیْنَا حِسَابَهُمْ (غاشیه)
Translation / sense (as used in devotional context):
“Has there come to you the account of the Overwhelming (Al-Ghashiyah)? Faces that day will be humbled, laboring, weary; they will be consigned to a fiercely burning Fire; they will be given to drink from a boiling spring; they will have no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant; no, they will not be satisfied nor will it avert hunger. Then there will be faces that day, smooth, delighted with their effort, in lofty gardens; therein they shall hear no useless talk; there is a running spring; therein are raised couches and set cups; there are arranged cushions and spread carpets. Do they not look at the camels—how they were created, and at the sky—how it is raised, and at the mountains—how they are set up, and at the earth—how it is spread? So remind; you are but a reminder. You are not over them a controller except whoever turns away and disbelieves, then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment; to Us is their return, and surely upon Us is their reckoning.” (Sūrat al-Ghashiyah — excerpt as quoted)
For pain of the arm, tie or place this verse on the arm:
وَقِیلَ یَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِی مَاءَکِ وَیَا سَماءُ أَقْلِعِی وَغِیضَ الْمَاءُ وَقُضِی الْأَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلى الْجُودِیِّ وَقِیلَ بُعْداً لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِینَ (Hūd 44)
Translation / sense:
“And it was said, ‘O earth, swallow up your water, and O sky, withhold (your rain)’ and the water was diminished and the matter was accomplished, and it settled on al-Jūdī, and it was said, ‘Away with the wrongdoing people.’” (Sūrat Hūd 11:44 — cited here per the article)
Also recite:
وَبِالْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَاهُ وَبالْحَقِّ نَزَلَ… (Kahf 105)
Translation / sense (start of verse reference):
“And truly We have sent it down with truth, and truly it descends with truth…” (beginning of Sūrat al-Kahf — verse indicated)
For immediate relief from hand pain, one may write down the following and keep it (or carry it):
وَقَالَتِ الْیَهُودُ یَدُ اللّهِ مَغْلُولَهٌ غُلَّتْ أَیْدِیهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا بِمَا قَالُوا بَلْ یَدَاهُ مَبْسوطَتَانِ یُنفِقُ کَیْفَ یَشَاءُ وَلَیَزِیدَنَّ کَثِیراً مِنْهُم مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَیْکَ مِن رَبِّکَ طُغْیَاناً وَکُفْراً… ط (مائده64)
فَلاَ تَأْسَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْکَافِرِینَ (مائده68)
Translation / sense:
“The Jews said, ‘The hand of Allah is chained’ — their hands are chained and they are cursed for what they said; rather His hands are outstretched; He spends as He wills; and many among them shall increase in rebellion and disbelief at what has been revealed to you from your Lord… So do not grieve over the disbelieving people.” (Excerpts cited from Sūrat al-Mā’idah — chapters/verses indicated as in the article)
For weakness of the hands and feet — a cause that can make the limbs weak and numb — recite this prayer, then blow on the amulet or tie it on, and wear it around the neck:
یَمْحُوا اللَّهُ مَا یَشَاءُ وَیُثْبِتُ وَعِندَهُ أُمُّ الْکِتَابِ (ابراهیم39)
وَبِالْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَاهُ وَبالْحَقِّ نَزَلَ ...(کهف105)
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّماوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلاَئِکَهِ رُسُلاً أُوْلِی أَجْنِحَهٍ مَّثْنَى وَثُلاَثَ وَرُبَاعَ (فاطر1)
Translation / sense (selected verses used as invocations):
“Allah obliterates whatsoever He wills and establishes (what He wills); and with Him is the Mother of the Book.” (Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:39 — excerpt)
“And truly We have sent it down with truth, and it descends with truth…” (Sūrat al-Kahf — excerpt)
“Praise be to Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels messengers—having wings, two, three and four.” (Sūrat Fāṭir 35:1 — opening phrase quoted)
For pain in the right arm, tie this verse:
إِنَّ الَّذِینَ یُبَایِعُونَکَ إِنَّمَا یُبَایِعُونَ اللَّهَ یَدُ اللَّهِ فَوْقَ أَیْدِیهِمْ فَمَن نَکَثَ فَإِنَّمَا یَنکُثُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَمَن أَوْفَى بِمَا عَاهَدَ عَلَیْهُ اللَّهَ فَسَیُؤْتِیهِ أَجْراً عَظِیماً (فتح10)
Translation / sense:
“Indeed those who pledge allegiance to you, they pledge allegiance to Allah; the hand of Allah is over their hands; whoever breaks his pledge breaks it only to his own detriment, and whoever fulfills what he pledged to Allah—Allah will grant him a great reward.” (Sūrat al-Fath 48:10 — excerpt cited)
For drying or atrophy of the hands and feet, recite this and then wash the words and have the person drink the water:
اللّهُ لاَ إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَیُّ الْقَیُّومُ لاَ تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَهٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ لَهُ مَا فِی السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِی الْأَرْضِ مَن ذَا الَّذِی یَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ یَعْلَمُ مَا بَیْنَ أَیْدِیهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلاَ یُحِیطُونَ بِشَیْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ کُرْسِیُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلاَ یَؤُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلیُّ الْعَظِیمُ (بقره255)
مَن یُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللّهَ ... (نساء81)
یَمْحُوا اللَّهُ مَا یَشَاءُ وَیُثْبِتُ وَعِندَهُ أُمُّ الْکِتَابِ (ابراهیم39)
Translation / sense (Ayat al-Kursi and related passages):
“Allah—there is no god except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him; to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them; and they do not encompass any of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and preserving them does not tire Him; and He is the Most High, the Most Great.” (Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:255 — Ayat al-Kursi excerpt)
(Plus the other cited verses and phrases as given in the article.)
