The Book of Destiny
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6730
رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ أَىْ رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ أَىْ رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ . فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ خَلْقًا - قَالَ - قَالَ الْمَلَكُ أَىْ رَبِّ ذَكَرٌ أَوْ أُنْثَى شَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ فَمَا الرِّزْقُ فَمَا الأَجَلُ فَيُكْتَبُ كَذَلِكَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ
rabbi nuṭfatun ay rabbi ʿalaqatun ay rabbi muḍghatun . fa-idhā arāda-Llāh an yaqḍiya khalqan-qāla-qāla al-malaku ay rabbi dhakarun aw unthā shaqiyyun aw saʿīdun famā ar-rizqu famā al-ajalu fayuktabu kadhalika fī baṭni ummihi
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Anas b. Malik reported directly from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he said:Allah, the Exlated and Glorious, has appointed an angel as the caretaker of the womb, and he would say: My Lord, it is now a drop of semen; my Lord, It is now a clot of blood; my Lord, it has now become a lump of flesh, and when Allah decides to give it a final shape, the angel says: My Lord, would it be male or female or would he be an evil or a good person? What about his livelihood and his age? And it is all written as he is in the womb of his mother
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6730
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)