Istikharah (seeking Allah's Counsel)

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ العَظِيمِ؛ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأمْرَ (وَيُسَمِّي حَاجَتَهُ) خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ

Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-ʿilmika, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, wa asʾaluka min faḍlika l-ʿaẓīmi; fa innaka taqdiru walā aqdiru, wa taʿlamu walā aʿlamu, wa anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi, allāhumma in kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾmra (name your need) khayrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī fa iqdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī thmma bārik lī fīhi, waʾin kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾamra sharrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī fa iṣrifhu ʿannī wa iṣrifnī ʿanhu wa iqdur liya l-khayra ḥaythu kāna, thumma arḍinī bih

‘O Allah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge and by Your power I seek strength and I ask You from Your immense favour, for verily You are able while I am not and verily You know while I do not and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know this affair (name your need) to be good for me in relation to my religion, my life, and end, then decree and facilitate it for me, and bless me with it, and if You know this affair to be ill for me towards my religion, my life, and end, then remove it from me and remove me from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it be and make me satisfied with such.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ العَظِيمِ؛ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأمْرَ (وَيُسَمِّي حَاجَتَهُ) خَيْرٌ لِي فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ

Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-ʿilmika, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratika, wa asʾaluka min faḍlika l-ʿaẓīmi; fa innaka taqdiru walā aqdiru, wa taʿlamu walā aʿlamu, wa anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi, allāhumma in kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾmra (name your need) khayrun lī fī ʿājili amrī wa ājilihi fa iqdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī thmma bārik lī fīhi, waʾin kunta taʿlamu anna hādhā l-ʾamra sharrun lī fī ʿājili amrī wa ājilihi fa iṣrifhu ʿannī wa iṣrifnī ʿanhu wa iqdur liya l-khayra ḥaythu kāna, thumma arḍinī bih

‘O Allah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge and by Your power I seek strength and I ask You from Your immense favour, for verily You are able while I am not and verily You know while I do not and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know this affair (name your need) to be good for me in relation to the immediate and later consequences of my affair, then decree and facilitate it for me, and bless me with it, and if You know this affair to be ill for me in relation to the immediate and later consequences of my affair, then remove it from me and remove me from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it be and make me satisfied with such.