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Aside from paying attention to health tips suggested by doctors, the Supreme Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran recommended that all people recite the 7th suplication of Sahifa al-Sajjadiyyah during Coronavirus pandemic. Here is the suplication with its transaltion:
يَا مَنْ تُحَلُّ بِهِ عُقَدُ الْمَكارِهِ، وَيَا مَنْ يُفْثَأُ بِهِ حَدُّ الشَّدائِدِ، وَيَا مَنْ يُلْتَمَسُ مِنْهُ الْمَخْرَجُ إِلىٰ رَوْحِ الْفَرَجِ، ذَلَّتْ لِقُدْرَتِكَ الصِّعابُ، وَتَسَبَّبَتْ بِلُطْفِكَ الْأَسْبابُ، وَجَرىٰ بِقُدْرَتِكَ الْقَضاءُ، وَمَضَتْ عَلىٰ إِرادَتِكَ الْأَشْياءُ، فَهِىَ بِمَشِيئَتِكَ دُونَ قَوْلِكَ مُؤْتَمِرَةٌ، وَبِإِرادَتِكَ دُونَ نَهْيِكَ مُنْزَجِرَةٌ؛
أَنْتَ الْمَدْعُوُّ لِلْمُهِمَّاتِ، وَأَنْتَ الْمَفْزَعُ فِى الْمُلِمَّاتِ، لَايَنْدَفِعُ مِنْها إِلّا ما دَفَعْتَ، وَلَا يَنْكَشِفُ مِنْها إِلّا ما كَشَفْتَ؛ وَقَدْ نَزَلَ بِى يَا رَبِّ ما قَدْ تَكَأَّدَنِى ثِقْلُهُ، وَأَلَمَّ بِى ما قَدْ بَهَظَنِى حَمْلُهُ، وَبِقُدْرَتِكَ أَوْرَدْتَهُ عَلَىَّ، وَبِسُلْطانِكَ وَجَّهْتَهُ إِلَىَّ، فَلا مُصْدِرَ لِما أَوْرَدْتَ، وَلَا صارِفَ لِما وَجَّهْتَ، وَلَا فاتِحَ لِما أَغْلَقْتَ، وَلَا مُغْلِقَ لِما فَتَحْتَ، وَلَا مُيَسِّرَ لِما عَسَّرْتَ، وَلَا ناصِرَ لِمَنْ خَذَلْتَ؛
فَصَلِّ عَلىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَافْتَحْ لِى يَا رَبِّ بَابَ الْفَرَجِ بِطَوْلِكَ، وَاكْسِرْ عَنِّى سُلْطانَ الْهَمِّ بِحَوْلِكَ، وَأَنِلْنِى حُسْنَ النَّظَرِ فِيما شَكَوْتُ، وَأَذِقْنِى حَلاوَةَ الصُّنْعِ فِيما سَأَلْتُ، وَ هَبْ لِى مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَ فَرَجاً هَنِيئاً، وَاجْعَلْ لِى مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مَخْرَجاً وَحِيّاً، وَلَا تَشْغَلْنِى بِالاهْتِمامِ عَنْ تَعاهُدِ فُرُوضِكَ، وَاسْتِعْمالِ سُنَّتِكَ؛
فَقَدْ ضِقْتُ لِما نَزَلَ بِى يَا رَبِّ ذَرْعاً، وَامْتَلَأْتُ بِحَمْلِ ما حَدَثَ عَلَىَّ هَمّاً، وَأَنْتَ الْقادِرُ عَلىٰ كَشْفِ ما مُنِيتُ بِهِ، وَدَفْعِ ما وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ، فَافْعَلْ بِى ذٰلِكَ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَوْجِبْهُ مِنْكَ، يَا ذَا الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَذَا الْمَنِّ الْكَرِيمِ، فَأَنْتَ قادِرٌ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ، آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعالَمِينَ.
O He through whom the knots of detested things are untied!
O He through whom the cutting edge of hardships is blunted!
O He from whom is begged the outlet to the freshness of relief!
Intractable affairs yield to Thy power, means are made ready by Thy gentleness, the decree goes into effect through Thy power, and all things proceed according to Thy desire.
By Thy desire they follow Thy command without Thy word and by Thy will they obey Thy bans without Thy prohibition.
Thou art the supplicated in worries and the place of flight in misfortunes; none of them is repelled unless Thou repellest, none is removed unless Thou removest.
Upon me has come down, My Lord, something whose weight burdens me and upon me has fallen something whose carrying oppresses me.
Through Thy power
Thou hast brought it down upon me and through Thy authority
Thou hast turned it toward me.
None can send away what Thou hast brought, none can deflect what Thou hast turned, none can open what Thou hast closed, none can close what Thou hast opened, none can make easy what Thou hast made difficult, none can help him whom Thou hast abandoned.
So bless Muhammad and his Household, open for me,
my Lord,
the door of relief through Thy graciousness,
break from me the authority of worry by Thy strength, confer the beauty of Thy gaze upon my complaint,
let me taste the sweetness of benefaction in what I ask, give me from Thyself mercy and wholesome relief,
and appoint for me from Thyself a quick way out!
Distract me not through worry from observing Thy obligations and acting in accordance with Thy prescriptions.
My capacity has been straitened, my Lord, by what has come down on me, and I am filled with worry by carrying what has happened to me, while Thou hast power to remove what has afflicted me and to repel that into which I have fallen.
So do that for me
though I merit it not from Thee,
O Possessor of the Mighty Throne!