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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3333

يَا رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ، يَا رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ، يَا رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَهَا قَالَ يَا رَبِّ، أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ يَا رَبِّ أُنْثَى يَا رَبِّ شَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ فَمَا الرِّزْقُ فَمَا الأَجَلُ فَيُكْتَبُ كَذَلِكَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ

yā rabbi nuṭfatun, yā rabbi ʿalaqatun, yā rabbi muḍghatun, fa-idhā arāda an yakhluqahā qāla yā rabbi, adhakarun am yā rabbi unthā yā rabbi shaqiyyun am saʿīdun famā ar-rizqu famā al-ajalu fayuktabu kadhalika fī baṭni ummihi

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has appointed an angel in the womb, and the angel says, 'O Lord! A drop of discharge (i.e. of semen), O Lord! a clot, O Lord! a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete the child's creation, the angel will say. 'O Lord! A male or a female? O Lord! wretched or blessed (in religion)? What will his livelihood be? What will his age be?' The angel writes all this while the child is in the womb of its mother

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Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 3333

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