“Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi ‘ilmika, wa astaqdiruka bi qudratika, wa as-aluka min fadhlika, fa innaka taqdiru wa laa aqdiru, wa ta’lamu wa laa a’lamu, wa anta ‘allaamul ghuyub. Allahumma fa-in kunta ta’lamu hadzal amro
No published English translation of this dua is available, so none is shown.
Translated from Ustadz Firanda Andirja's Indonesian commentary (Bekal Islam). Quoted verses, hadith and duas keep their Arabic; where the commentary gave its own Indonesian rendering of them, that rendering is not translated and is marked [translation not shown].
Then the person praying mentions the matter he is uncertain about. For example:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ (سفري إلى بلد كذا أو شراء سيارة كذا أو الزواج من بنت فلان ابن فلان أو غيرها من الأمور)
[translation not shown] (my journey to such-and-such a country, or buying such-and-such a car, or marrying the daughter of so-and-so son of so-and-so, or other matters).
If he cannot speak Arabic when mentioning his need, he may use Indonesian. After that he continues his istikharah dua. After that he continues his istikharah dua as follows:
خَيْرًا لِي فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ - قَالَ: أَوْ فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي - فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي، ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، اللَّهُمَّ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي - أَوْ قَالَ: فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ - فَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِي الخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِهِ "
khoiron lii fii ‘aajili amrii wa aajilih (aw fii diinii wa ma’aasyi wa ‘aqibati amrii) faqdur lii, wa yassirhu lii, tsumma baarik lii fiihi. Allahumma in kunta ta’lamu annahu syarrun lii fii diini wa ma’aasyi wa ‘aqibati amrii (fii ‘aajili amri wa aajilih) fash-rifnii ‘anhu, waqdur liil khoiro haitsu kaana tsumma rodh-dhinii bih.”
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