Istikhara with the Quran

Open the Quran, Siraj gives no result of its own.

When you press the button, the Quran opens at random: at one of its 302 right-hand pages. Siraj shows the first verse that begins on that page. The text of the verse is the text of the Quran section, without any change.

A translation in this language is not available yet.

The text is the same in both scripts. Only the way it is written differs.

Each of the 302 right-hand pages is equally likely to open.

No page has been opened yet. When you press the button, the verse comes here.

Three things worth knowing

  • Siraj gives no result

    Siraj only shows the verse. It does not say whether the verse is good or bad for your matter, and it does not explain the verse, because Siraj gives no ruling or interpretation of its own. Understanding the verse is up to you, or to a scholar you trust.

    If the office of آیت‌الله مکارم شیرازی has written a sentence for a verse, that sentence appears under the verse. Their office wrote it, not Siraj.

  • Your intention stays with you

    Siraj does not ask your intention and has no place to write it. The page is chosen in your own browser and nothing is kept. Your browser gets only that one verse from Siraj: the text of the verse and, if they are on the site, the translation of that verse and the sentence the office of a marja wrote for it.

  • The manners and rulings of istikhara

    When and how an istikhara is done is a religious ruling, and Siraj gives no rulings. Ask the office of your own marja.

    Websites of the offices of the marjas

Source and licence

  • Quran textSource: Tanzil Quran Text, version 1.1 · Tanzil ProjectLicence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

    The owner of Siraj approved this section alone. No second person has reviewed it.

    Details Quran text

    Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1). Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project. License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Source: Tanzil Project, https://tanzil.net. This is a verbatim copy; the text has not been changed. Updates: https://tanzil.net/updates/

    Source
    Tanzil Quran Text, version 1.1
    Publisher
    Tanzil Project
    Version of the source
    1.1
    Collection code
    tanzil-quran-uthmani-v1.1
    Language and tradition
    Arabic, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    6,236
    Open the source

    The names of the surahs, and whether each is Meccan or Medinan, come from this source: Tanzil Quran Metadata (Version 1.0), (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

  • Istikhara sentencesSource: Istikhara with the Quran: the answers of the office of Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (quran.makarem.ir) · Office of Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem ShiraziLicence: Site notice of the office: use with mention of the source is permitted

    These sentences are the view of آیت‌الله مکارم شیرازی, for istikhara, and دفتر آیت‌الله العظمی مکارم شیرازی published them. Siraj did not write them and gives no result of its own.

    استفاده از مطالب با ذکر منبع بلامانع است.

    The source states this condition on its own website.

    The owner of Siraj approved this section alone. No second person has reviewed it.

    Details Source and licence of the istikhara sentences

    Answers of the istikhara tool of the office of Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (https://quran.makarem.ir/fa/estekhareh): for the first ayah of a right-hand page of the 604-page mushaf, the one sentence the tool shows as his view. Publisher: the office's Quran site, https://quran.makarem.ir. Terms: the footer of that site says «استفاده از مطالب با ذکر منبع بلامانع است.» (use with mention of the source is permitted); this is a site notice, not a licence text. Changes: none; every sentence is shown exactly as the tool served it. Collected on 2026-10-11 through the tool's own public request, one answer per request; 300 of 302 right-hand pages are covered (2 answers of the tool belong to ayahs that start no right-hand page in the page map used here and are left out).

    Source
    Istikhara with the Quran: the answers of the office of Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (quran.makarem.ir)
    Publisher
    Office of Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi
    Version of the source
    collected-2026-10-11
    Collection code
    makarem-office-istikhara-2026-10-11
    Language and tradition
    Persian, Twelver Shia
    Approved for display
    Number of texts
    300
    Open the source

    These sentences were written for the first verse of the right-hand pages of the Quran. Where there is no sentence for a verse, Siraj puts nothing in its place.

    Each sentence is the one its source published. Siraj has changed nothing in it and added nothing to it.

Which verse each page of the Quran begins with comes from this source: Tanzil Quran Metadata (Version 1.0), (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0