How to interpret Istikhara from Quran

[Guest Rimsha]

Assalam u alaykum

I did istikhara from quran for a marriage proposal and on the page that I opened in quran, the first line was the ending of ayah 29 of surah noor and then the second line was ayah 30 of surah noor. 

Can anyone help me understand it please. 

[Hameedeh]

14 minutes ago, Guest Rimsha said:

Assalam u alaykum

I did istikhara from quran for a marriage proposal and on the page that I opened in quran, the first line was the ending of ayah 29 of surah noor and then the second line was ayah 30 of surah noor. 

Can anyone help me understand it please. 

Salam. InShaAllah someone replies to you. These are the two ayahs from Surah Nur that you mentioned:

24:29  There is no blame upon you for entering uninhabited houses wherein there is some good for you. And God knows what you disclose and what you conceal

24:30  Tell the believing men to lower their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Surely God is Aware of whatsoever they do

[Gaius I. Caesar]

@Abu Hassanain

I did istikhara from the Quran about my duas and whether or not I was praying for something that wasn't beneficial for me and whether my intentions were pure and opened up to 70:5-7. I understand to be patient and that what we consider to be far away is quite near with Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) but is there a deeper meaning behind these ayat?

[Abu Hassanain]

5 hours ago, Gaius I. Caesar said:

@Abu Hassanain

I did istikhara from the Quran about my duas and whether or not I was praying for something that wasn't beneficial for me and whether my intentions were pure and opened up to 70:5-7. I understand to be patient and that what we consider to be far away is quite near with Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) but is there a deeper meaning behind these ayat?

Salam

those verses could be interpreted mean to be consistent in your efforts to help make something happen and also show that something is far off if you don’t put effort in but close if you put the effort in

They would also indicate that you need to forge a deep connection with the guide of age in consider his position, his coming in his kingdom and all matter matters

You need to put the rolling of the infallible in particularly the 12th one above one thing else and make it the primary factor in your decision decisions

Depending on the situation, I could also indicate about the company you’re keeping in the effects of the supplication verses, indicating about believers in the truth and dis believers in the truth they’re two different perspectives so if you have believers around you, what you want might be successful and if you have non-believers around you, but you might become unsuccessful maybe not necessarily what you’re praying for but how you’re praying for what you would do with it how you’re going about it

Wallahu Alam 

[Abu Hassanain]

5 hours ago, Gaius I. Caesar said:

@Abu Hassanain

I did istikhara from the Quran about my duas and whether or not I was praying for something that wasn't beneficial for me and whether my intentions were pure and opened up to 70:5-7. I understand to be patient and that what we consider to be far away is quite near with Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) but is there a deeper meaning behind these ayat?

Salam

example, my wife got some money from a small settlement. We were paying into an account for something and then we got the overage money back.

So we wanted to go on a proxy Ziyarah which we do for all our trips

istakhara kept coming out bad, but I remembered the money had sat for about 18 months which she had forgot because we were paying in installments, but overall the first payment was their 18 months

istakhara indicated positive results and successfully paid khums for the total rather than what just sat for a year definitely so we went to pay the khums and the Istakhara came out very good

Going on another proxy trip for the Eid is stick out or kept coming out mixed for a few aspects. We decided to withdraw from visiting a certain neighborhood that came out good based on some of the verses.

Sometimes we just need to ask more specific questions to get a better answer of view 

[Gaius I. Caesar]

16 hours ago, Abu Hassanain said:

Salam

those verses could be interpreted mean to be consistent in your efforts to help make something happen and also show that something is far off if you don’t put effort in but close if you put the effort in

Wasalam alaikum, thank you for your answer. For more context, it is related to nikah and prior to doing istikhara, I did forty nights of Tahajjud last month as well, I don't know if that changes the context of the answer.

16 hours ago, Abu Hassanain said:

Sometimes we just need to ask more specific questions to get a better answer of view 

Ok, I'll remember that for next time.

[ServantOfMahdi]

On 7/8/2025 at 4:11 AM, Guest Rimsha said:

Assalam u alaykum

I did istikhara from quran for a marriage proposal and on the page that I opened in quran, the first line was the ending of ayah 29 of surah noor and then the second line was ayah 30 of surah noor. 

Can anyone help me understand it please. 

24:29 There is no blame upon you for entering uninhabited houses wherein there is some good for you. And God knows what you disclose and what you conceal

 

24:30 Tell the believing men to lower their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Surely God is Aware of whatsoever they do

 

These two ayahs might be conveying to you that both he and his house/family are good for you in sha Allah. And Allah knows best.

[ServantOfMahdi]

On 7/8/2025 at 4:27 AM, Hameedeh said:

Salam. InShaAllah someone replies to you. These are the two ayahs from Surah Nur that you mentioned:

24:29  There is no blame upon you for entering uninhabited houses wherein there is some good for you. And God knows what you disclose and what you conceal

24:30  Tell the believing men to lower their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Surely God is Aware of whatsoever they do

They had no reply for 6 months, and if they aren't a member, please see if the reply can be communicated to them. Wassalam.

[ServantOfMahdi]

On 1/21/2026 at 9:23 AM, Gaius I. Caesar said:

@Abu Hassanain

I did istikhara from the Quran about my duas and whether or not I was praying for something that wasn't beneficial for me and whether my intentions were pure and opened up to 70:5-7. I understand to be patient and that what we consider to be far away is quite near with Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) but is there a deeper meaning behind these ayat?

Persevere....a beautiful perseverance....

– being told to persevere in making that dua for something for which persevering in dua is beautiful i.e. beneficial for you, and only a sincere perseverance, one with pure intentions deserves to be called beautiful

they see it as distant, but We see it as near

– persevering in making that dua will keep on drawing you closer to what you are asking for despite your not realising how close it has come

In Sha Allah

And Allah knows best

[Gaius I. Caesar]

9 hours ago, ServantOfMahdi said:

Persevere....a beautiful perseverance....

– being told to persevere in making that dua for something for which persevering in dua is beautiful i.e. beneficial for you, and only a sincere perseverance, one with pure intentions deserves to be called beautiful

they see it as distant, but We see it as near

– persevering in making that dua will keep on drawing you closer to what you are asking for despite your not realising how close it has come

In Sha Allah

And Allah knows best

Thank you, does the fact I did forty nights of Tahajjud last month change the context of the istikhara? 

[Abu Hassanain]

On 1/21/2026 at 9:21 PM, Gaius I. Caesar said:

Wasalam alaikum, thank you for your answer. For more context, it is related to nikah and prior to doing istikhara, I did forty nights of Tahajjud last month as well, I don't know if that changes the context of the answer.

Ok, I'll remember that for next time.

Salam

tahajudd can always help so most likely it improved the outcome before you did Istakhara but doesn’t affect before or during .

[Gaius I. Caesar]

14 minutes ago, Abu Hassanain said:

Salam

tahajudd can always help so most likely it improved the outcome before you did Istakhara but doesn’t affect before or during .

Wasalam alaikum

Ok, thank you. Makes sense to me, I'll persist in the dua then, since the theme was about perseverance.

[ServantOfMahdi]

5 hours ago, Gaius I. Caesar said:

Thank you, does the fact I did forty nights of Tahajjud last month change the context of the istikhara? 

 

59 minutes ago, Gaius I. Caesar said:

I'll persist in the dua then, since the theme was about perseverance.

That's it brother, since your istikhara was about your dua – that whether what was it for is beneficial and whether was it with purity of intentions – the answer is regarding the same in sha Allah. As for tahajjud, it indeed multiplies the effects of the dua, that is to say that what many days and nights of the dua can do, one tahajjud with the dua can suffice for that. So while persisting in the dua, supporting it with tahajjud seldom would also obviously do better, but the dua's being answered is independent of that. And Allah knows best. May Allah bless you brother with speedy answer to your dua by the virtue of our Queen al-Kawthar al-Sayyidah Fatimah al-Zahraa ameen bihaqqil-masoomeen ya Rabba-l-aalameen birahmatik ya Arhama-rraahimeen.