يَا طَاهِي يَا ذَرُّ يَا طَمِنَة يَا طَناتُ.
Esteemed and respected teacher, would you please explain these Divine names for us?
َّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
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يَا طَاهِي يَا ذَرُّ يَا طَمِنَة يَا طَناتُ.
Esteemed and respected teacher, would you please explain these Divine names for us?
َّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
The Divine names “Yā Ṭāhī, Yā Dharr, Yā Ṭamnah, Yā Ṭanāb, Yā Ṭanāt,” recommended for treating headaches, are said to mean the One who purifies from illness, the Creator of the particles of life, the Soother of pain, the steadfast rope of deliverance, and the One who answers swiftly. These names hold a lofty place with God, and through their blessing He removes headaches from the Shi‘a.
If we consider the hadith as reported by two sources!
أَبُو صَلْتٍ الْهَرَوِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الرِّضَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: قَالَ الْبَاقِرُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع: عَلِّمْ شِيعَتَنَا لِوَجَعِ الرَّأْسِ يَا طَاهِيُّ يَا ذر يَا طمنة يَا طنات فَإِنَّهَا أسامى [أَسَامٍ] عِظَامٌ لَهَا مَكَانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَصْرِفُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ ذَلِك
Ṭibb al-Aʾimma ʿAlayhim al-Salām, p. 18
Ṭibb, Ṭibb al-Aʾimma ʿAlayhim al-Salām أَبُو الصَّلْتِ الْهَرَوِيُّ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ الْبَاقِرُ ع عَلِّمْ شِيعَتَنَا لِوَجَعِ الرَّأْسِ يا طاهي يا ذر يا طمنة يا طناب فَإِنَّهَا أَسَامٍ عِظَامٌ لَهَا مَكَانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَصْرِفُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ ذَلِك
Biḥār al-Anwār (Beirut ed.), vol. 92, p. 54
If we take both names, “yā ṭunāb” and “yā ṭanāt,” into account, and also consider the two possibilities that the names in question are Arabic or Hebrew, the following translation may be proposed (God knows best).
**Proposed translation of the hadith, assuming the names in question are Arabic:**
Imam al-Bāqir (AS) said: Teach our followers to recite these divine names as a remedy for headache:
O You who cleanse away illness (yā Ṭāhī), O Creator of the particles of life (yā Dharr), O You who bring relief from pain (yā Ṭamna), O steadfast cord of salvation (yā Ṭunāb)! — and O You who answer swiftly (the One who heals instantly) (yā Ṭanāt).
These names hold a great rank with God, and through them He wards off headache from those who recite them.
**Proposed translation of the hadith, assuming the names in question are Hebrew:**
Imam al-Bāqir (AS) said: Teach our followers to recite these divine names as a remedy for headache:
O You who cleanse away impurities (yā Ṭāhī), O You who scatter life-giving particles (yā Dharr), O You who are incomparable and conceal the mysteries (yā Ṭamna), O steadfast Guardian (yā Ṭunāb) — O Bestower of healing (yā Ṭanāt)!
These names hold a great rank with God, and through them He removes this pain from those who recite them.