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he/she seeks the guidance of Allah (swt). This goes as follows:
"ALLAHUMMA INNI ASTAKHYIRUKA BI'ILMIKA WA ASTAQDIRUKA BI QUDRATIKA WA AS-
ALUKA MIN FADHLKA-AL-AZIM, FA INNAKA TAQDIRU WALAA AQDIRU WATA'LAMU WALAA
A'LAMU, WA ANTA 'ALLAMUL-QUYYUB. ALLAHUUMA IN KUNTA TA'LAMU ANNA HADHAL-AMRA
(Here the person makes mention of the matter for which guidance is sought, i.e., "should I move, take
that job, marry her, etc.")
KHEIRUN LEE FII DINII WAMA'AASHII WA'AAQIBATA AMRII
FAQDURHU LII, WA YASSIR-HU LII THUMMA BAARIK LII FIIHI, WAIN KUNTA TA' LAMU ANNA
HADHAL-AMRA
(also at this point the person makes mention of the matter for which guidance is sought)
SHARRUN LEE FII DINII WA MA'AASHII WA'AAQIBATA AMRII, FASRIFHU 'ANNII WASRIFNII
'ANHU WAQDUR LEE AL-KEYRA HEYTHU KANA THUMMA ARDHINI BIHII."
Which means:
"O Lord, I seek your guidance, through Your knowledge and power; and I ask You of Your great bounties;
for You decree and I do not decree; and You know and I know not; You are the Knower of invisible things.
O Lord, if You know that this matter (here the person makes mention of the matter for which guidance is
sought, i.e., "should I move, take that job, marry her, etc."), is of benefit to me in my religion, in my
livelihood and in its outcome, decide it for me and make it easy for me and then bless it for me. And if You
know that this matter (here again the person makes mention of the matter for which guidance is sought)
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