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His supplication seeking the opinion of Allah
(Istekhara)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Whatever Allah wills, happens. O Allah! I seek goodness from You like a
person who has put his affairs in Your hands, put his soul in Your
control, and awaits Your order in his affairs, has turned to You, and
when calamities befall he has relied on You. O Allah! Let goodness be in
my affair and not against me, for my benefit, not for my loss, grant me
help and let not this help be against me. My help must be in my favour
and not against me. Make me strong and do not let others overpower
me. Guide me towards goodness, save me from deviation, make me
agreeable on Your judgment and satisfied on Your power because
whatever You wish is done and You have Power over all things. O Allah!
If this transaction is good for me and if it carries goodness for me in this
world and the Hereafter make it easy for me, and if there is anything
other than it, make it away for me. O Most Merciful of all the mercifuls.
Surely You have power over all the things and Allah is sufficient for us
and most excellent is the protector.