Twenty-seventh: Quoting the book of al-Da’awat by al-Khatib al-Mustaghfiri, Sayyid Ibn Tawus has reported the Holy Prophet (s) to have said:
“When you want to seek a portent (tafa’’ul) in the Book of Allah the Almighty and All-majestic, you may recite Surah al-Tawhid three time, invoke Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet (s) and his Household three times, and say these words:
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْ تَفَاَّلْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ
O Allah, I am seeking portent in Your Book
وَ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَيْكَ
and putting my trust in You;
فَاَرِنِىْ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوْمٌ
so, (please) show me from Your Book what is concealed
مِنْ سِرِّكَ الْمَكْنُوْنِ فِىْ غَيْبِكَ۔
from Your secret that is hoarded in Your knowledge of the unseen.
You may then open a (complete) copy of the Holy Qur’an and take the portent from the first line on the first side (i.e. of the two pages) without counting the papers or the lines.”
