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SEEK AND YOU SHALL BE FOUND
Memorial Day, May 26 · Houston, TX
(ages 14 and older)

WELCOME & ORIENTATION
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RESOURCES

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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Be sure to download the required course booklets provided on this page.

If after carefully reading through the program page you should have any inquiries, feel free to reach out to our Student Coordinator, Hussein El-Genk, via hussein@lanturna.com.

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ADDRESS OF VENUE

Our gracious hosts, Zia and Oruj Islam, welcome you to their lovely home, which will serve as the venue for our retreat. Their address, which must remain private, is 418 Texas Terragon Trace, Richmond, TX 77406, to which you may navigate via THIS LINK.

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

And do take a moment to pray for this blessed family, who gifted Lanturna our dearest Sidra Zia, who has been working with us as Project Manager for the past year.

SCHEDULE

PROGRAM

MONDAY, MAY 26
0930	Arrive in a state of wuḍūʾ at the residence of our host family (address provided upon registration)
0945 – 1000	Ḍuḥā and sūrat yā sīn
1000 – 1100	Session I \| Introduction
1100 – 1130	Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 53)
1130 – 1200	Break
1200 – 1315	Session II \| sayyid al-istighfãr
1315 – 1330	Ẓuhr
1330 – 1415	Lunch
1430 – 1545	Session III \| duʿāʾ al-istikhārah
1545 – 1615	Announcements
1615 – 1700	Circle of Light
1700 – 1715	ʿAṣr
1715 – 1745	Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 54)
1745 – 1900	Session IV \| duʿāʾ al-ṭāʾif
1900	Closing remarks

SAYYID AL-ISTIGHFĀR

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

DUʿĀʾ AL-ISTIKHĀRAH

Allah! I seek of You the best outcome by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek Your facility by virtue of Your power, and I ask of You by virtue of Your vast bounty—for You are possessed of power and I am thereof dispossessed, and You are possessed of knowledge and I am thereof dispossessed, and You know the imperceptible realms. Allah! If Your knowledge is such that this affair is better for me vis-à-vis my religion, livelihood, and circumstance, then decree it for me and facilitate it for me, then bless me therein; and if Your knowledge is such that this affair is worse for me vis-à-vis my religion, livelihood, and circumstance, then distance it from me, and distance me therefrom. But decree for me what is meet wheresoever it may be, and grant me contentment therewith.

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

allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi ʿilmika wa astaqdiruka bi qudratika wa asʾaluka min faḍlika l-ʿaẓīm. fa inmaka taqdiru wa lā aqdiru wa taʿlamu wa lā aʿlamu wa anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūb. allāhumma in kunta taʿlamu anna hādha l-amra khayru^l lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī faqdurhu lī wa yassirhu lī thumma bārik lī fīh. wa in kunta taʿlamu anna hādha l-amra sharru^l lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī faṣrifhu ʿannī waṣrifnī ʿanhu waqdir li l-khayra ḥaythu kāna thumma arḍinī bih.

DUʿĀʾ AL-ṬĀʾIF

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

allāhumma ilayka ashkū ḍaʿfa quwwatī wa qillata ḥīlatī wa hawānī ʿalā n-nās; yā arḥama r-rāḥimīna anta rabbu l-mustaḍʿafīna wa anta rabbī; ilā man takilunī ilā baʿīdin yatajahhamunī am ilā ʿaduwwin mallaktahu amrī; in lam yakun bika ʿalayya ghaḍabun falā ubālī ghayra anna ʿāfiyataka hiya awsaʿu lī; aʿūdhu bi nūri wajhika l-ladhī ashraqat lahu ẓ-ẓulumātu wa ṣaluḥa ʿalayhi amru d-dunyā wa l-ākhirah an yaḥilla ʿalayya ghaḍabuka aw an yanzila bī sakhaṭuk; laka l-ʿutbā ḥattā tarḍā wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bik.

DESCRIPTION

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.

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