Ruqyah: the verses and duas of the Sunnah

The verses

1. Al-Fatiha 1:1-7

   1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

      bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

      In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

      Al-Fatiha 1:1

   2. ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

      al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn

      [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Lord of the worlds -

      Al-Fatiha 1:2

   3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

      ar-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

      The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

      Al-Fatiha 1:3

   4. مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

      māliki yawmi d-dīn

      Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

      Al-Fatiha 1:4

   5. إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

      iyyāka naʿbudu wa'iyyāka nastaʿīn

      It is You we worship and You we ask for help.

      Al-Fatiha 1:5

   6. ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

      ihdina ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīm

      Guide us to the straight path -

      Al-Fatiha 1:6

   7. صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

      ṣirāṭa lladhīna 'anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wala ḍ-ḍāllīn

      The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have earned [Your] anger or of those who are astray.

      Al-Fatiha 1:7

2. Al-Baqarah 2:255

   1. ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

      allāhu lā 'ilāha 'illā huwa l-ḥayyu l-qayyūm | lā ta'khudhuhū sinatuw walā nawm | lahū mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-arḍ | man dha lladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahū 'illā bi'idhnih | yaʿlamu mā bayna 'aydīhim wamā khalfahum | walā yuḥīṭūna bishay'im min ʿilmihī 'illā bimā shā' | wasiʿa kursiyyuhu s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | walā ya'ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā | wahuwa l-ʿaliyyu l-ʿaẓīm

      Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. 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 [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

      Al-Baqarah 2:255

   The page for this verse: Ayatul Kursi

3. Al-Baqarah 2:285-286

   1. ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦ ۚ وَقَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

      āmana r-rasūlu bimā 'unzila 'ilayhi mir rabbihī wal-mu'minūn | kullun 'āmana billāhi wamalā'ikatihī wakutubihī warusulihī lā nufarriqu bayna 'aḥadim mir rusulih | waqālū samiʿnā wa'aṭaʿnā | ghufrānaka rabbanā wa'ilayka l-maṣīr

      The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allāh and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."

      Al-Baqarah 2:285

   2. لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا ٱكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ ۖ وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

      lā yukallifu llāhu nafsan 'illā wusʿahā | lahā mā kasabat waʿalayhā ma ktasabat | rabbanā lā tu'ākhidhnā 'in nasīnā 'aw 'akhṭa'nā | rabbanā walā taḥmil ʿalaynā 'iṣran kamā ḥamaltahū ʿala lladhīna min qablinā | rabbanā walā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih | waʿfu ʿannā waghfir lanā warḥamnā | anta mawlānā fanṣurnā ʿala l-qawmi l-kāfirīn

      Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."

      Al-Baqarah 2:286

   The page for this verse: The last two verses of Al-Baqarah

4. Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4

   1. قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

      qul huwa llāhu 'aḥad

      Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,

      Al-Ikhlas 112:1

   2. ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ

      allāhu ṣ-ṣamad

      Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.

      Al-Ikhlas 112:2

   3. لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ

      lam yalid walam yūlad

      He neither begets nor is born,

      Al-Ikhlas 112:3

   4. وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ

      walam yakul lahū kufuwan 'aḥad

      Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

      Al-Ikhlas 112:4

5. Al-Falaq 113:1-5

   1. قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ

      qul 'aʿūdhu birabbi l-falaq

      Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

      Al-Falaq 113:1

   2. مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

      min sharri mā khalaq

      From the evil of that which He created

      Al-Falaq 113:2

   3. وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ

      wamin sharri ghāsiqin 'idhā waqab

      And from the evil of darkness when it settles

      Al-Falaq 113:3

   4. وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ

      wamin sharri n-naffāthāti fi l-ʿuqad

      And from the evil of the blowers in knots

      Al-Falaq 113:4

   5. وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

      wamin sharri ḥāsidin 'idhā ḥasad

      And from the evil of an envier when he envies."

      Al-Falaq 113:5

6. An-Nas 114:1-6

   1. قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ

      qul 'aʿūdhu birabbi n-nās

      Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

      An-Nas 114:1

   2. مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ

      maliki n-nās

      The Sovereign of mankind,

      An-Nas 114:2

   3. إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ

      ilāhi n-nās

      The God of mankind,

      An-Nas 114:3

   4. مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ

      min sharri l-waswāsi l-khannās

      From the evil of the retreating whisperer -

      An-Nas 114:4

   5. ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ

      alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri n-nās

      Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -

      An-Nas 114:5

   6. مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ

      mina l-jinnati wan-nās

      From among the jinn and mankind."

      An-Nas 114:6

Duas from the Sunnah

1. Passing the hand over the pain, to ask for healing

   أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، اشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

   Adh-hibi l-ba'sa Rabba n-nâs, ishfi wa anta sh-shâfî, lâ shifâ'a illâ shifâ'uk, shifâ'an lâ yughâdiru saqamâ

   Take away the affliction, Lord of mankind. Heal — for You are the Healer. There is no healing but Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness behind.

2. Asking for the sick person's cure (seven times)

   أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

   As'alu Llâha l-'Azhîma Rabba l-'arshi l-'azhîmi an yashfiyak

   I ask Allah the Magnificent, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to cure you.

   Say it 7 times

What to know

Ruqyah is done by yourself, over yourself or a loved one, reciting these texts and blowing lightly. It needs no intermediary to hire, and no object.

It accompanies treatment, it does not replace it. A practice that contains anything other than the Quran and clear duas is to be avoided.