الاستخارة
Guidance to the Best - Istekhara
41 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
- 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّـهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
- 2
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ خِيَرَتَكَ فِيمَا ٱسْتَخَرْتُكَ فِيهِ
O Allah, my prayer for guidance from You with regard to the matter about which I have asked You to guide me
- 3
تُنِيلُ ٱلرَّغَائِبَ وَتُجْزِلُ ٱلْمَوَاهِبَ
does make all desires accessible, grant abundant gifts,
- 4
وَتُغْنِمُ ٱلْمَطَالِبَ وَتُطَيِّبُ َٱلْمَكَاسِبَ
accept the requests, make easy the gains,
- 5
وَتَهْدِي إِلَىٰ اجْمَلِ ٱلْمَذَاهِبِ
guide to the most excellent way,
- 6
وَتَسُوقُ إِلَىٰ احْمَدِ ٱلْعَوَاقِبِ
drive to the most praiseworthy consequences,
- 7
وَتَقِي مَخُوفَ ٱلنَّوَائِبِ
and guard from the dreadful calamities.
- 8
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اسْتَخِيرُكَ فِيمَا عَزَمَ رَايِي عَلَيْهِ
O Allah, I pray You for guiding me to the best choice with regard to what I am determined to do
- 9
وَقَادَنِي عَقْلِي إِلَيْهِ
to which my reason has directed me.
- 10
وَسَهِّلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ فِيهِ مَا تَوَعَّرَ
O Allah, (please) smooth its progress to me,
- 11
وَيَسِّرْ مِنْهُ مَا تَعَسَّرَ
make easy its difficulty,
- 12
وَٱكْفِنِي فِيهِ ٱلْمُهِمَّ
save me from what concerns me,
- 13
وَٱدْفَعْ بِهِ عَنِّي كُلَّ مُلِمٍّ
repel from me what is terrible,
- 14
وَٱجْعَلْ يَا رَبِّ عَوَاقِبَهُ غُنْماً
and, O Lord, change its bad consequences into good end results,
- 15
وَمَخُوفَهُ سِلْماً
its dreadful parts into safety,
- 16
وَبُعْدَهُ قُرْباً
its unlikely gains into possible,
- 17
وَجَدْبَهُ خِصْباً
and its barrenness into fertility.
- 18
وَارْسِلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِجَابَتِي
O Allah, release Your response to me,
- 19
وَانْجِحْ طَلِبَتِي
make successful my appeal,
- 20
وَٱقْضِ حَاجَتِي
grant me my need,
- 21
وَٱقْطَعْ عَنِّي عَوَائِقَهَا
cut off whatever hinders it,
- 22
وَٱمْنَعْ عَنِّي بَوَائِقَهَا
and stop its misfortunes.
- 23
وَاعْطِنِي ٱللَّهُمَّ لِوَاءَ ٱلظَّفَرِ
O Allah, give me the pennon of triumph,
- 24
وَٱلْخِيَرَةَ فِيمَا ٱسْتَخَرْتُكَ
the true guidance to the best of what I have asked You for,
- 25
وَوُفُورَ ٱلْمَغْنَمِ فِيمَا دَعَوْتُكَ
the abundant gain of what I have prayed You for,
- 26
وَعَوَائِدَ ٱلإِفْضَالِ فِيمَا رَجَوْتُكَ
and the bestowals of favors in what I have hoped You for.
- 27
وَٱقْرِنْهُ ٱللَّهُمَّ بِٱلنَّجَاحِ
O Allah, attach all that to success,
- 28
وَخُصَّهُ بِٱلصَّلاَحِ
adorn it exclusively with righteousness,
- 29
وَارِنِي اسْبَابَ ٱلْخِيَرَةِ فِيهِ وَاضِحَةً
make clear before my eyes the reasons for guiding me to this choice
- 30
وَاعْلاَمَ غُنْمِهَا لاَئِحَةً
and the factors of winning it,
- 31
وَٱشْدُدْ خِنَاقَ تَعْسِيرِهَا
tighten the grip around the throat of its difficulties,
- 32
وَٱنْعَشْ صَرِيعَ تَيْسِيرِهَا
and refresh its dying easiness.
- 33
وَبَيِّنِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مُلْتَبَسَهَا
O Allah, acquaint me with its confusable matters,
- 34
وَاطْلِقْ مُحْتَبَسَهَا
release its detained affairs,
- 35
وَمَكِّنْاسَّهَا
and make firm its foundations
- 36
حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ خِيَرَةً مُقْبِلَةً بِٱلْغُنْمِ
so that it will come carrying gains,
- 37
مُزِيلَةً لِلْغُرْمِ
removing debts,
- 38
عَاجِلَةً لِلنَّفْعِ
bringing about swift benefits,
- 39
بَاقِيَةَ ٱلصُّنْعِ
and perpetuating its effect.
- 40
إِنَّكَ مَلِيءٌ بِٱلْمَزِيدِ
Verily, You always have more to give
- 41
مُبْتَدِئٌ بِٱلْجُودِ
and take the initiative to magnanimous conferrals.