The Book of Destiny
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6728
يَا رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَوْ أُنْثَى فَيَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ ذَكَرًا أَوْ أُنْثَى ثُمَّ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَسَوِيٌّ أَوْ غَيْرُ سَوِيٍّ فَيَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ سَوِيًّا أَوْ غَيْرَ سَوِيٍّ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مَا رِزْقُهُ مَا أَجَلُهُ مَا خُلُقُهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ شَقِيًّا أَوْ سَعِيدًا
yā rabbi adhakarun aw unthā fayajʿaluhu-Llāh dhakaran aw unthā thumma yaqūlu yā rabbi asawiyyun aw ghayru sawiyyin fayajʿaluhu-Llāh sawiyyan aw ghayra sawiyyin thumma yaqūlu yā rabbi mā rizquhu mā ajaluhu mā khuluquhu thumma yajʿaluhu-Llāh shaqiyyan aw saʿīdan
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Tufail reported:I visited Abu Sariha Hudhaifa b. Usaid al-Ghifari who said: I listened with these two ears of mine Allahs Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The semen stays in the womb for forty nights, then the angel, gives it a shape. Zubair said: I think that he said: One who fashions that and decides whether he would be male or female. Then he (the angel) says: Would his limbs be full or imperfect? And then the Lord makes thein full and perfect or otherwise as He desires. Then he says: My Lord, what about his livelihood, and his death and what about his disposition? And then the Lord decides about his misfortune and fortune
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6728
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)