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Turning to Allah in illness

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۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy.

Qur’an 21:83 · Al-Anbiyaa

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Qur’an 21:83 · Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 83

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