istikhara
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah,So i am still sitting on my janemaaz (prayer mat), I just made two rakat salatul istikhara....
WHEN SEEKING GUIDANCE IN DECISION-MAKING (SALATUL-ISTIKHARAH)
Allahomma inni astakheeroka bi'ilmik. Wa'astaqdiroka biqodratik. Wa'as'aloka min fadlikal-'azeem. Fa'innaka taqdiru wala aqdir. Wata'lamo wala-a'lam. Wa'anta-allamul ghuyoob.
Allahumma in kunta ta'lamu anna [Hathal-Amra] khayul-lee fi deenee wama'ashi wa'ajila amri wa'ajilah, faqdorho lee, wayassirho lee, thomma-barik lee fih.
Wa'in konta ta'lamo anna [Hathal-Amra] sharrul-lee fi deenee. Wama'ashi. Wa'ajila amri. Wa'ajilaho. Fasrifho 'annee. Wasrifnee 'anh. Waqdur leyal-khayr haytho kan. Thomma ardini Bih.
O Allah! I seek your guidance (in making a choice) by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek ability by virtue of Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty. You have power, I have none. And you know, I know not. You are the knower of hiddent things.
O Allah! If in your knowledge, (this matter) is good for my religion, my livelihood and my affairs; immediate and in the future, then ordain it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. And if in Your knowledge, (this matter) is bad for my religion, my livelihood and my affairs; immediate and in the distant, then turn it away from me, and turn me away from it. And ordain for me the good wherever it be and make me pleased with it.
SubhanAllah subhanAllah subhanAllah this dua is.........amazing.
The first time I made the dua tonight i read it in arabic, ofcourse my arabic is poor, because I am a struggling student, and will probably always continue to struggle :(, but the second time............and the third....i read it in the translation and.........as i was reading it the tears just began to flow, to the point where i had to pause. HOW great is this dua...like i cant even enumerate. First of all when you come and pray this, you're in such a state of helplessness, you know that everything you know is soooo incomplete, and you are beseeching the most complete, the most perfect, the most exalted...and that in itself humbles you....and then Allah subhana wa ta ala allows US to not only ask of him for help in making a decision, he does it in the MOST beautiful of ways....."make it easy for me, and bless it for me", and if it is not meant for me then "turn it away from me, and me away from it. And ordain for me the good wherever it be and MAKE ME PLEASED WITH IT".
ya Rabbil Alameen...............in this dua you ask Allah subhana wa ta ala to make you happy, how simple is that concept, yet how simply profound is it. At this point i couldnt really handle much, and my kitten was sleeping on my bed. She got off of the bed and climbed into my lap and began rubbing her face along my hands....it was subhanAllah amazing. I ask Allah subhana wa ta ala for pleasure in the midst of the night.....when absolutely no one in my home is awake or can hear me....if some one were to awake id probably wipe my tears and climb into bed. Yet here comes a choti munni si jaan, my kitten, and provides me with the affection i needed.
this probably makes absolutely no sense...but i am in complete and utter awe, once again at His Greatness...
Subhan'Allah.
Subhan'Allah.
Subhan'Allah.
wassalamualaikum wa rahmatullah.
posted by Iqra Bismi Rabbika @ 3:34 AM
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