Shaykh al-Fawzān: The "niyyah" means "al-qaṣd" (the intent), and it is an action of the heart that people do not know. It is an action of the heart, and only Allāh, Glorified and Exalted, knows the intentions. Only Allāh knows the intents.
When a person gets up to perform wudū', then he already has