اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِي الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ
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 -and here he mentions his 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 O Allah
إِنِّي indeed I
أَسْتَخِيرُكَ I seek Your counsel
[Root word خير To be in good circumstances, be favourable to, choose, prefer, select, earn wealth. Page 542 in dictionary.pdf]
بِعِلْمِكَ with Your Knowledge
[Root word ع ل م meaning To mark, sign, distinquish. ‘Alamun علم: Sign; Long mountain, ‘Alâmatun علامة: Mark, Sign; ‘Alima علم: Know; Distinguish. ‘Âlam عالم(oblique plu.). ‘Âlamîn عالمين: By means of which one knows a thing, hence it signifies world or creation, because by it the Creator is known. Meaning Taken from Dictionary of Holy Quran by Abdul Mannan(mobile link), (desktop link) ً , Meaning from Habib Anthony’s Dictionary
وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ and I seek power
[Root word ق د ر To be able to do, have the power over, prevail, measure to an exact nicety, estimate exactly, be sparing, determine, decree, grown, arrange, prepare, allot, devise, dispose, appreciate, honour, assign, know, understand, straighten (the provision or other means), restrict Page 816 from dictionary.pdf]
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