Seeking Allah's guidance in a decision
Bukhārī 6382
Arabic with meaning.
اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْتَخِيْرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوْبِ . اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هٰذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِّيْ فِيْ دِيْنِيْ وَمَعَاشِيْ وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِيْ ، فَاقْدُرْهُ لِيْ وَيَسِّرْهُ لِيْ ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِيْ فِيْهِ ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هٰذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِّيْ فِيْ دِيْنِيْ وَمَعَاشِيْ وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِيْ ، فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّيْ وَاصْرِفْنِيْ عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِيْ بِهِ
Meaning in English
O Allah, I seek Your guidance through Your knowledge and Your enabling power through Your power. I ask You for Your immense favour. You have power and I do not; You know and I do not; You are the Knower of unseen things. O Allah, if You know this matter is good for me in my religion, livelihood and the outcome of my affairs, decree it for me, make it easy for me and bless it for me. If You know this matter is bad for me in my religion, livelihood and the outcome of my affairs, turn it away from me and turn me away from it. Decree good for me wherever it is, then make me content with it.
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اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْتَخِيْرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيْمِ ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوْبِ . اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هٰذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِّيْ فِيْ دِيْنِيْ وَمَعَاشِيْ وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِيْ ، فَاقْدُرْهُ لِيْ وَيَسِّرْهُ لِيْ ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِيْ فِيْهِ ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هٰذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِّيْ فِيْ دِيْنِيْ وَمَعَاشِيْ وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِيْ ، فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّيْ وَاصْرِفْنِيْ عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِيْ بِهِ
O Allah, I seek Your guidance through Your knowledge and Your enabling power through Your power. I ask You for Your immense favour. You have power and I do not; You know and I do not; You are the Knower of unseen things. O Allah, if You know this matter is good for me in my religion, livelihood and the outcome of my affairs, decree it for me, make it easy for me and bless it for me. If You know this matter is bad for me in my religion, livelihood and the outcome of my affairs, turn it away from me and turn me away from it. Decree good for me wherever it is, then make me content with it.
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Allāhumma ʾininy ʾastakhīruka biʿilmika waʾastaqdiruka biqudratika waʾasʾaluka min faḍlika alʿaẓīmi faʾinanka taqdiru walā ʾaqdiru wataʿlamu walā ʾaʿlamu waʾanta ʿalalamu alghuyūbi . Allāhumma ʾin kunta taʿlamu ʾanan hādhā alʾamra khayrun lily fī dīnī wamaʿāshī waʿāqibahi ʾamrī fāqdurhu lī wayasisrhu lī thumam bārik lī fīhi waʾin kunta taʿlamu ʾanan hādhā alʾamra sharunr lily fī dīnī wamaʿāshī waʿāqibahi ʾamrī fāṣrifhu ʿaniny wāṣrifnī ʿanhu wāqdur liya alkhayra ḥaythu kāna thumam ʾarḍinī bihi
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