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صلاة الإستخارة

English translation: Guidance seeking prayer

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Arabic term or phrase:صلاة الإستخارة
English translation:Guidance seeking prayer
Entered by: alhanash (X)

18:14 Jul 20, 2003
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Religion / religion
Arabic term or phrase: صلاة الإستخارة
الصلاة موجودة في كل الديانات السماوية ولكنها متميزة في الإسلام من حيث شروطها وأركانها مثل الوضوء واستقبال القبلة وعدد الركعات. ولهذا أفضل التعريب الصوتي salat al-istikharah ولكن أحتاج إلى ترجمة وصفيةdescriptive translation فهل من مساعدة
H K H ALBULUSHI
Local time: 01:50
Guidance seeking prayer
Explanation:
I think it's better to transliterate the term and write its meaning in parentthesis such as:Istikhara prayer (Guidance seeking prayer)

Istikhara, sometimes called "the Seeking Prayer" in English, is a prayer which one can pray when one is faced with a decision between two or more (permissible) options and is confused or unsure which option to take.
Istikhara can thus be prayed, for example, by someone who is deciding whether to accept a marriage proposal or not or whether to quit a job or not, to name a couple of examples on how istikhara can be helpful.
Praying istikhara is very simple. The following are the basic rules of the istikhara prayer:
1. Pray two rakahs of a non-obligatory prayer at any time during the day or night.
2. At the end of the prayer recite the supplication or "du´a" of Istikhara.
Sources: Fiqh us Sunnah
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Mohammed Mousa
Local time: 00:50
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شكرا لك على هذا الإيضاح حيث أنني أردت ترجمة تفسيرية أكثر من ترجمة العنوان. وشكرا للمشاركين الأخرين الذين أثروا معرفتي في هذا الشأن. والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته. الحنش
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6Guidace prayer
Fuad Yahya
5 +2Guidance seeking prayer
Mohammed Mousa
5Inquiry prayer.
ghassan al-Alem
5guidance prayer
Abdellatif Bouhid


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Guidace prayer


Explanation:
This is the devotional practice of seeking Divine guidance regarding proper action in perplexing matters.

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Note added at 2003-07-20 18:25:26 (GMT)
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It may be more descriptive to say \"prayer for guidance.\"

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Note added at 2003-07-28 18:09:03 (GMT) Post-grading
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Typo correction: \"Guidance,\" not \"guidace.\"

Fuad Yahya
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Saleh Ayyub
1 hr
agree  mutarjem
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agree  ALI HASAN
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agree  ena
1 day 18 hrs
agree  mythlife: spiritual guidance prayer
7 days
agree  AhmedAMS
9 days
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Inquiry prayer.


Explanation:
In this kind of prayer, a Moslem worshipper takes recourse to Allah to investigate his view about a specific matter and whether he should undertake it or abstain. Allah's view shall appear in the form of either a dream or a feeling (if rejoiced, then it is an approval, if not then it is a disapproval).

ghassan al-Alem
Jordan
Local time: 00:50
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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guidance prayer


Explanation:
the person is asking Allah for guidance in chosing the best course to follow. Since man's knowledge is limited, the person is asking Allah whose knowledge is unlimited, to guide him or her lest the lacking knowledge makes him or her take the wrong decision.

Allahumma inni astakhiru-ka bi-'ilmi-ka wa astaqdiru-ka bi-qudrati-ka wa as'alu-ka min fadli-ka 'l-'azim fa-inna-ka taqdiru wa la aqdiru wa ta'lamu wa la a'lamu wa Anta 'Allamu 'l-ghuyub

Abdellatif Bouhid
Local time: 17:50
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Guidance seeking prayer


Explanation:
I think it's better to transliterate the term and write its meaning in parentthesis such as:Istikhara prayer (Guidance seeking prayer)

Istikhara, sometimes called "the Seeking Prayer" in English, is a prayer which one can pray when one is faced with a decision between two or more (permissible) options and is confused or unsure which option to take.
Istikhara can thus be prayed, for example, by someone who is deciding whether to accept a marriage proposal or not or whether to quit a job or not, to name a couple of examples on how istikhara can be helpful.
Praying istikhara is very simple. The following are the basic rules of the istikhara prayer:
1. Pray two rakahs of a non-obligatory prayer at any time during the day or night.
2. At the end of the prayer recite the supplication or "du´a" of Istikhara.
Sources: Fiqh us Sunnah


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Mohammed Mousa
Local time: 00:50
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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شكرا لك على هذا الإيضاح حيث أنني أردت ترجمة تفسيرية أكثر من ترجمة العنوان. وشكرا للمشاركين الأخرين الذين أثروا معرفتي في هذا الشأن. والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته. الحنش

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agree  AhmedAMS
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agree  radwa abdel ghany
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