The Supplications and Verses That Aid in Healing from Sorcery

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Question:
Do you advise us of some supplications or recitations that would help in healing, if Allah wills, in prayer?

Answer:
The Qur'an in general is a healing, but if one selects the verses that nullify sorcery, such as the two Mu'awwidhat (protective chapters), and such as the saying of Allah the Exalted:

What you have brought is [only] magic. Indeed, Allah will expose its worthlessness

مَا جِئْتُم بِهِ السِّحْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ

[Yunus 10:81]

amend the work of corrupters.

يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ

[Yunus 10:81]

. And such as the saying of Allah the Exalted: "The magicians fell prostrate"

⁽¹¹⁸⁾ So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing. ⁽¹¹⁹⁾ And Pharaoh and his people were overcome right there and became debased. ⁽¹²⁰⁾ And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allah]. ⁽¹²¹⁾ They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds, ⁽¹²²⁾ The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ وَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ

[Al-A'raf 7:118-122]

, meaning one tracks down the verses, yes, that mention sorcery and its nullification by the Book of Allah. In that lies healing, if Allah wills. And as we mentioned, if there are people from among the scholars who are trustworthy in their creed and knowledge, and they perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for this sick woman, then there is nothing wrong with that. As for going to the sorcerers, the Dajjals (false messiahs), the liars, and the magicians, that is not permissible.

Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/090 — archive.org (13:17)

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