سورة ق

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): وَنَزَّلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً مُبَارَکًا [And We send down from the sky blessed water] — with every water that is on the earth, some amount of the water of the sky has been mixed.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): A man said to Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him): "My stomach hurts." He said: "Do you have a wife?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Take something from her wealth as a gift, with her willing consent, and with it buy honey, then pour rainwater over it and drink it, for I heard Allah the Glorified say in His Book: 'From their bellies comes forth a drink of varying colours, in which there is healing for people' (Nahl/69). And He also said: '[But] if they, of their own good pleasure, give you anything of it, then consume it lawfully and wholesomely.' (Nisa/4). And when blessing, healing, pleasantness and wholesomeness come together, you will be cured."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): A man complained to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) of an incurable illness, and he told him the same thing: write the Qur'an with honey mixed with rainwater and drink it. And as proof for this, he cited that Allah has said: "And We send down of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers." (Isra/82)

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Is any one of you incapable, when he falls ill, of asking his wife to gift him one dirham from her dowry, and with it buy honey and drink it with rainwater (water from the sky)? For Allah the Mighty and Majestic says concerning the dowry: "If they (the wives) willingly give up to you anything of it (the dowry), then consume it as lawful and wholesome." (Nisa/4) And concerning honey He says: "In it is a healing for people." (Nahl/62) And concerning water from the sky (rain) He says: وَ نَزَّلْنا مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً مُبارَکاً [And We sent down from the sky blessed water].

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): A man complained to Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him). He said: "Ask your wife for one dirham from her dowry, and with it buy honey and drink it with rainwater." He did so and recovered, and asked His Eminence (peace be upon him) about it: "Did you hear this from the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family)?" He said: "No! But I heard Allah in His Book say: ... وَ نَزَّلْنا مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً مُبارَکاً [And We sent down from the sky blessed water] — pleasantness, wholesomeness, blessing and healing are gathered [in these], and by that I hoped for a cure."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Indeed Allah the Blessed and Exalted, when He sent Adam down to the earth, the heavens were closed and rained nothing, and the earth was closed and grew no plant. And when Allah the Mighty and Majestic accepted the repentance of Adam (peace be upon him), He commanded the sky and it dripped down with raindrops, and commanded it and it opened the mouth of its waterskin and poured down; then He commanded the earth and it made trees grow and brought forth fruits and set streams of water flowing. That was their closing and this was their opening.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): "وَ حَبَّ الْحَصِیدِ [and the grain that is reaped]" means every seed that is sown and harvested.