SEEK AND YOU SHALL BE FOUND
Memorial Day, May 26 · Houston, TX
(ages 14 and older)
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Salām ʿalaykum. We warmly welcome you to our one-day retreat in Houston, SEEK AND YOU SHALL BE FOUND. Your presence among us is an invaluable blessing and we look forward to meeting you all on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28. This page is your reference for all the resources you will need to gain full access to our program. The details below are private and must not be shared with anyone who has not registered for the program. Please read carefully, as the answers to frequently asked questions are herein provided.
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We are grateful to the Ibrahim Islamic Center and Mosque for their hospitable offer to host our first retreat in Houston. Click below for navigation directions:
Ibrahim Islamic Center and Mosque
7563 South Fwy
Houston, TX 77021
Be sure to observe the following:
- bring a copy of the Qur’an
- arrive in a state of ritual purity
- bring your personal bowl for outdoor wuḍū‘
- bring a reusable water bottle
- have your mobile devices fully charged
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
| MONDAY, MAY 26 | |
| 0930 |
Arrive in a state of wuḍūʾ at the residence of our host family (address provided upon registration) |
| 0945 – 1000 | Ḍuḥā |
| 1000 – 1015 | Sūrat yā sīn |
| 1015 – 1115 | Session I | Introduction |
| 1115 – 1145 | Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 53) |
| 1145 – 1230 | Lunch |
| 1230 – 1345 | Session II | sayyid al-istighfãr |
| 1345 – 1400 | Ẓuhr |
| 1400 – 1445 | Communal game |
| 1445 – 1500 | Announcements |
| 1500 – 1615 | Session III | duʿāʾ al-istikhārah |
| 1615 – 1700 | Circle of Light |
| 1700 – 1715 | ʿAṣr |
| 1715 – 1745 | Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 54) |
| 1745 – 1900 | Session IV | duʿāʾ al-ṭāʾif |
| 1900 | Concluding remarks |
Allah! You are my Lord. No god has the right of worship except You. You created me, and I am Your servant. I am seek to fulfill Your covenant and pledge as best I must. I seek Your protection from my evildoing. I acknowledge the favours that You have bestowed upon me, and I confess my sin. So forgive me, for You, alone, forgive sins.
اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِيْ وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوْءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
allāhumma anta rabbī lā ilāha illā ant khalaqtanī wa ana ʿabduka wa ana ʿalā ʿahdika wa waʿdika ma-staṭaʿt aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿtu abūʾu laka bi-niʿmatika ʿalayya wa abūʾu laka bi-dhambī fa-ghfir lī fa innahū lā yaghfiru dh·dhunūba illā ant
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بـِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بـِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِي الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ رواه البخاري
Allah! I complain to You my lack of strength, my scarcity of means, my insignificance in the eyes of others. O most clement of those who show compassion, You are the Lord of the meek, and You are my Lord. To whom shall You give me over: to some distant person to look upon me with contempt, or to some enemy to whom You shall give authority over my affair. So long as You are not displeased with me, it concerns me not, but Your relief is easier upon me. I seek refuge in the light of Your countenance—by which every crevice of darkness is illumined and by which every affair of this life and the hereafter is made whole—that Your wrath overtake me not, nor your displeasure descend upon me. I confess to You my shortcoming until You are content. There is no strength or power except with You.
اللَّهُمَّ إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو ضَعْفَ قُوَّتي وَقِلَّةَ حِيلَتي وهَواني عَلى النّاسِ يا أَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ أَنْتَ رَبُّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَأَنْتَ رَبِّي إِلى مَنْ تَكِلُنِي إِلى بَعِيدٍ يَتَجَهَّمُنِي أَمْ إِلى عَدُوٍّ مَلَّكْتَهُ أَمْرِي إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِكَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبٌ فَلا أُبالِي غَيْرَ أَنَّ عافِيَتَكَ هِيَ أَوْسَعُ لِي أَعُوذُ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ الظُّلُماتُ وَصَلُحَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُ الدُّنْيا والْآخِرَةِ أَنْ يَحِلَّ عَلَيَّ غَضَبُكَ أَوْ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ بِي سَخَطُكَ لَكَ الْعُتْبَى حَتَّى تَرْضَى وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلاّ بِكَ
Lanturna invites you to an intimate one-day retreat in Houston, in which we will cover three prayers of the Prophet ﷺ, three articulations of the heart when its circumstance may be overwhelmed with disrepair. Allah says ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً “Call upon your Lord, broken, whispering” (al-aʿrāf 7:55). Our beloved Prophet ﷺ was made to endure arduous circumstances to evoke timeless prayers that would abide with his ummah until the Day we drink from his noble hand. Join El-Hajj Hisham Mahmoud and Ustadh Saad Omar for a line-by-line analysis of سيد الاستغفار sayyid al-istighfār (the prayer for absolution), دعاء الاستخارة duʿāʾ al-istikhārah (the prayer for goodness), and دعاء الطائف duʿāʾ al-ṭāʾif (the prayer for succour), orisons to deliver us from disfavor, disarray, and disadvantage, respectively. Seek and you shall be found.
