{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal086.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal086.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal086.htm","text":"(85)\nHis supplication seeking the opinion of Allah\n(Istekhara)\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nWhatever Allah wills, happens. O Allah! I seek goodness from You like a\nperson who has put his affairs in Your hands, put his soul in Your\ncontrol, and awaits Your order in his affairs, has turned to You, and\nwhen calamities befall he has relied on You. O Allah! Let goodness be in\nmy affair and not against me, for my benefit, not for my loss, grant me\nhelp and let not this help be against me. My help must be in my favour\nand not against me. Make me strong and do not let others overpower\nme. Guide me towards goodness, save me from deviation, make me\nagreeable on Your judgment and satisfied on Your power because\nwhatever You wish is done and You have Power over all things. O Allah!\nIf this transaction is good for me and if it carries goodness for me in this\nworld and the Hereafter make it easy for me, and if there is anything\nother than it, make it away for me. O Most Merciful of all the mercifuls.\nSurely You have power over all the things and Allah is sufficient for us\nand most excellent is the protector.","title":"The Alawite Book: His supplication seeking the opinion of Allah","type":"page"}