The Book of Destiny
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6725
يَا رَبِّ أَشَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ فَيُكْتَبَانِ فَيَقُولُ أَىْ رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَوْ أُنْثَى فَيُكْتَبَانِ وَيُكْتَبُ عَمَلُهُ وَأَثَرُهُ وَأَجَلُهُ وَرِزْقُهُ ثُمَّ تُطْوَى الصُّحُفُ فَلاَ يُزَادُ فِيهَا وَلاَ يُنْقَصُ
yā rabbi ashaqiyyun aw saʿīdun fayuktabāni fayaqūlu ay rabbi adhakarun aw unthā fayuktabāni wayuktabu ʿamaluhu wa-atharuhu wa-ajaluhu warizquhu thumma tuṭwā aṣ-ṣuḥufu falā yuzādu fīhā walā yunqaṣu
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Hudhaifa b. Usaid reported directly from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he said:When the drop of (semen) remains in the womb for forty or forty five nights, the angel comes and says: My Lord, will he be good or evil? And both these things would be written. Then the angel says: My Lord, would he be male or female? And both these things are written. And his deeds and actions, his death, his livelihood; these are also recorded. Then his document of destiny is rolled and there is no addition to nor subtraction from it
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6725
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)