SEEK AND YOU SHALL BE FOUND
Islamic Center of Orange County
Saturday, July 19
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Salām ʿalaykum. We warmly welcome you to our one-day retreat in Southern California, SEEK AND YOU SHALL BE FOUND. Your presence among us is an invaluable blessing and we look forward to meeting you all on Saturday, July 19. 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 Islamic Society of Orange County for their hospitable offer to host our intimate one-day retreat in Southern California. Click below for navigation directions:
Islamic Society of Orange County (ISOC)
1 Al-Rahman Plaza
Garden Grove, CA 92844
Be sure to observe the following:
- arrive in a state of ritual purity
- download the course booklet and bring a pen
- bring a reusable water bottle
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
| SATURDAY, JULY 19 | |
| 1300 – 1315 |
On site registration at the Islamic Center of Orange County (ISOC) |
| 1315 – 1330 | Ẓuhr (arrive in a state of wuḍūʾ) |
| 1345 – 1445 | Session I | duʿāʾ with heartfelt hands |
| 1445 – 1500 | Break |
| 1500 – 1545 | Session II | sayyid al-istighfār |
| 1545 – 1600 | Break |
| 1600 – 1700 | Session III | duʿāʾ al-istikhārah |
| 1700 – 1730 | ʿAṣr & break |
| 1730 – 1830 | Session IV | duʿāʾ al-ṭāʾif |
| 1830 – 1845 | 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 Southern California, 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 Shaykh Abdullah Misra 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.
