O Allāh ﷻ, Choose the Best for Me

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Our Holy Prophet’s ﷺ du’ā’,

“Allāhumma khir lī wakhtar lī”, “O Allah, make it good for me and choose for me.” It means, “Choose what is best and good for me and grant it to me.” This is one of the du’ā’s of our Prophet ﷺ. A person doesn’t know whether what they choose is good or bad; only Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla knows that. Therefore, he ﷺ says, “Choose what is best for me.”

This is a beautiful du’ā’, one that everyone should make. Often, people want something very much, but it doesn’t happen. When it doesn’t happen, they get upset, but there’s no need to be upset. Because the will of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is manifested there. Sometimes, even in what doesn’t happen, a lot of goodness is hidden. Therefore, one should constantly make du’ā’, “May it be for the best.” Whatever kind of trouble there is, it will be lifted with this du’ā’. That distress within a person will go away with Allāh’s ﷻ permission.

Mankind must know that there is a Creator. The Creator knows all their states and circumstances. If a person believes this and acts accordingly, they will find peace and tranquility. But if they object to everything and say, “If only it were like this, if only it were like that,” then they will have no peace. He is always anxious, he lives in fear. There are new illnesses, spiritual and physical illnesses; these make a person even worse.

Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ protect us, may Allāh ﷻ grant us what is best for us. May He ﷻ treat us with His ﷻ mercy. May He ﷻ not give us trials we cannot bear. May He ﷻ give us from His ﷻ beneficence. We also ask for His ﷻ beneficence, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ treat everyone with His ﷻ beneficence, for here and hereafter, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 19 May 2026/ 02 Dhul Hijjah 1447 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul