[17] Supplication of Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws regarding the Istikhara...

[17] Supplication of Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws regarding the Istikhara: (1) اللَّهُمَّ إِنِيِّ أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اقْضِ لِي بِالْخِيَرَةِ (2) وَ أَلْهِمْنَا مَعْرِفَةَ الِاخْتِيَارِ، وَ اجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ ذَرِيعَةً إِلَى الرِّضَا بِمَا قَضَيْتَ لَنَا وَ التَّسْلِيمِ لِمَا حَكَمْتَ فَأَزِحْ عَنَّا رَيْبَ الِارْتِيَابِ، وَ أَيِّدْنَا بِيَقِينِ الْمُخْلِصِينَ.

(3) وَ لَا تَسُمْنَا عَجْزَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ عَمَّا تَخَيَّرْتَ فَنَغْمِطَ قَدْرَكَ، وَ نَكْرَهَ مَوْضِعَ رِضَاكَ، وَ نَجْنَحَ إِلَى الَّتِي هِيَ أَبْعَدُ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعَاقِبَةِ، وَ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى ضِدِّ الْعَافِيَةِ O Allah -azwj !

I -asws ask for Your -azwj Best Choice in Your -azwj Knowledge, so Send Salawat upon Muhammad -saww and his -saww and Decree for me -asws with the best, and Inspire us the recognition of the choice, and Make that to be a means to the pleasure with whatever You -azwj Decree for us, and the submission to what You -azwj Decide.

Banish from us the doubts of the suspicions, and Assist us with certainty of the sincere ones, and do not let us be poisoned with the inability of recognising about what You -azwj Choose and end up despising Your -azwj Power, and dislike the placing of Your -azwj Pleasure, and incline towards that which is remote from the good outcome, and nearer to the opposite of well-being.

(4) حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا مَا نَكْرَهُ مِنْ قَضَائِكَ، وَ سَهِّلْ عَلَيْنَا مَا نَسْتَصْعِبُ مِنْ حُكْمِكَ (5) وَ أَلْهِمْنَا الِانْقِيَادَ لِمَا أَوْرَدْتَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ مَشِيَّتِكَ حَتَّى لَا نُحِبَّ تَأْخِيرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ، وَ لَا تَعْجِيلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ، وَ لَا نَكْرَهَ مَا أَحْبَبْتَ، وَ لَا نَتَخَيَّرَ مَا كَرِهْتَ.

(6) وَ اخْتِمْ لَنَا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْمَدُ عَاقِبَةً، وَ أَكْرَمُ مَصِيراً، إِنَّكَ تُفِيدُ الْكَرِيمَةَ، وَ تُعْطِي الْجَسِيمَةَ، وَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيدُ، وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ.

Make it to be beloved to us what we dislike from Your -azwj Decree, and Ease upon us what we find difficult from Your -azwj Decisions , and Inspire us the submission to what comes upon us from Your -azwj Desired Decision until we do not love to delay what You -azwj are Hastening, and hastening of what You -azwj Want to be delayed, and dislike what You -azwj Love and we choose what You -azwj Dislike; and End for us by that which is the praise-worthy conclusion and honourable destination.

You -azwj Give the Honourable Benefit and Give the plentiful, and Do Whatever You -azwj Want, and You -azwj are Able upon all things.

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