Dua For Istikhara With English Translation

Dua For Istikhara With English Translation

O Allah, I ask You for good through Your knowledge and I ask You for ability through Your power and I beg (Your favour) out of Your infinite bounty. Surely, You have power and I have none. You know everything and I know not. You are the Great Knower of all things. O Allah, if,in Your sublime knowledge, this matter is good for my Faith (Deen), for my livelihood and for the consequences of my affairs, then ordain it  for me and make it easy for me and bless me therein. But if, in Your knowledge, this matter is bad for my Faith (Deen), for my livelihood and for the consequences of my affairs, then turn it away from me and turn me away there from and ordain for me the good wherever it be and cause me to be pleased therewith.

(Bukhari, Vol.1, Pg. 155)

Note: While reciting this Dua, on reaching the highlighted words, one should think of and mention one's problem in any language. Thereafter, do whatever one fiills suitable. It is not necessary that one should see an evident change or vision. (Istikhara should be made for all important matters.)