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For those suffering from eye aches, many traditions have recommended saying the following supplicatory prayer after the ritual obligatory prayers of dawn (fajr) (subh) and sunset (maghrib):
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْ اَسْئَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْكَ
O Allah, I beseech You in the name of the right of Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad that is incumbent upon You
اَنْ تُصَلِىَّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
وَّ اَنْ تَجْعَلَ النُّوْرَ فِىْ بَصَرِىْ
and to place light in my sight,
وَالْبَصِيْرَةَ فِىْ دِيْنِىْ
insight in my faith,
وَ الْيَقِيْنَ فِىْ قَلْبِىْ
certitude in my heart,
وَالْاِخْلَاصَ فِىْ عَمَلِىْ
sincerity in my deeds,
وَ السَّلَامَةَ فِىْ نَفْسِىْ
safety in my self,
وَ السَّعَةَ فِىْ رِزْقِىْ
opulence in my sustenance,
وَ الشُّكْرَ لَكَ اَبَدًا مَّا اَبْقَيْتَنِىْ۔
and thanks for You forever as long as You keep me alive.
Al-Bizanti reported Yunus ibn ²abyan to have said: One day, we visited Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) and found him tensely sore-eyed; therefore, we were depressed. The next morning, we visited him while he was completely healed. Surprised by this, we asked him, “May Allah accept us as ransoms for you! Have you treated your eyes with a certain medicine?” The Imam answered, “Yes, I have. I have treated them with the best of all medicines.” “What is that?” we asked. The Imam (a.s.) answered, “It is a supplicatory amulet.” We therefore wrote down that supplicatory amulet, which is as follows:
اَعُوْذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِقُوَّةِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِقُدْرَةِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِنُوْرِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِعَظَمَةِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِجَلَالِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِجَمَالِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِبَهَاۤءِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِجَمْعِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِعَفْوِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِغُفْرَانِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِرَسُوْلِ اللّٰهِ
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِالْاَئِمَّةِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ الْمُطِيْعِيْنَ۔
When we asked the Imam (a.s.) about the meaning of jam’allah, he said, “It means the wholeness of Allah.”
It is also reported that one who suffers from eye pains may recite Ayah al-Kursi and believe in his inner self that the reciting of this holy verse will cure him of that pain.
Before reciting this holy verse, one suffering from eye pains is advised to put his hand on his eye and say the following:
اُعِيْذُ نُوْرَ بَصَرِىْ
For the light of my sight, I pray
بِنُوْرِاللّٰهِ الَّذِىْ لَايُطْفَاۤءُ۔
the protection of Allah’s light that is inextinguishable.
A SUPPLICATORY AMULET AGAINST NYCTALOPIA
For those who suffer from nyctalopia (i.e. reduction or loss of vision in dim light), they are recommended to write down Ayah al-Nur several times (on a sheet of paper) in a cup, wash it, put it in a flask, and use it as eye ointment.
Ayah al-Nur is the following:
اَللهُ نُوْرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.
مَثَلُ نُوْرِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيْهَا مِصْبَاحٌ
The similitude of His light is as a niche wherein a lamp is.
اَلْمِصْبَاحُ فِيْ زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ
The lamp is in a glass.
اَلزُّجَاجَةُ كَاَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ
The glass is as it were a shining star.
يُوْقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُوْنَةٍ
(This lamp is) kindled from a blessed tree, an olive
لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ
neither of the east nor of the west,
يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيْءُ
whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself)
وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ
though no fire touched it.
نُّوْرٌ عَلَىٰ نُوْرٍ ۗ
Light upon light.
يَهْدِي اللهُ لِنُوْرِهِ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ ۚ
Allah guides to His light whom He will.
وَيَضْرِبُ اللهُ الْاَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ
And Allah speaks to mankind in allegories,
وَاللهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيْمٌ۔
for Allah is Knower of all things.
It is also reported that whoever recites the Holy Qur’an from copies of the Holy Qur’an, will enjoy strong sight.
It is also reported that whoever repeats the following holy verse every day, his eyes will be saved from all optical troubles:
فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيْعًا بَصِيْرًا۔
“So, We make him hearing, seeing.”
Al-Kaf’ami says: According to experiments, to seek the advocacy of Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) is useful for cure of eye pains as well as the troubles of the other organs.