Sahifa Baqariya
اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ
Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi‑ʿilmik
O Allah, I seek Your guidance through Your knowledge.
وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ
Wa astaqdiruka bi‑qudratika
And I seek ability through Your power.
وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ
Wa asʾaluka min faḍlika al‑ʿaẓīm
And I ask You from Your great bounty.
فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ
Fa‑innaka taqdiru wa lā aqdir
For You have power, and I do not have power.
وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ
Wa taʿlamu wa lā aʿlam
And You know, and I do not know.
وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
Wa anta ʿallāmu al‑ghuyūb
And You are the Knower of the unseen.
اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هٰذَا الْأَمْرُ خَيْرًا لِي فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي
Allāhumma in kāna hādhā al‑amru khayran lī fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ʿāqibati amrī
O Allah, if this matter is good for me in my religion, my worldly life, and the outcome of my affair —
فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ
Faqdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī thumma bārik lī fīh
Then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and place blessing for me in it.
وَإِنْ كَانَ شَرًّا لِي فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي
Wa in kāna sharran lī fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ʿāqibati amrī
And if it is bad for me in my religion, my worldly life, and the outcome of my affair —
فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ
Faṣrifhu ʿannī wa ṣrifnī ʿanhu
Then turn it away from me and turn me away from it.
وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ ارْضِنِي بِهِ
Waqdur lī al‑khayra ḥaythu kān thumma arḍinī bih
And decree for me the good wherever it may be, then make me pleased with it.
Text, translation and recitation from Duas.org
