Divine Will (Al-Qadar)
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6595
رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ، أَىْ رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ، أَىْ رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ. فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ خَلْقَهَا قَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ ذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى أَشَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ فَمَا الرِّزْقُ فَمَا الأَجَلُ فَيُكْتَبُ كَذَلِكَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ
rabbi nuṭfatun, ay rabbi ʿalaqatun, ay rabbi muḍghatun. fa-idhā arāda-Llāh an yaqḍiya khalqahā qāla ay rabbi dhakarun am unthā ashaqiyyun 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 puts an angel in charge of the uterus and the angel says, 'O Lord, (it is) semen! O Lord, (it is now ) a clot! O Lord, (it is now) a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete its creation, the angel asks, 'O Lord, (will it be) a male or a female? A wretched (an evil doer) or a blessed (doer of good)? How much will his provisions be? What will his age be?' So all that is written while the creature is still in the mother's womb
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 6595
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)