Forgiveness & Repentance

The Best Supplication for Seeking Forgiveness (Sayyid al-Istighfar)

اَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّيْ، لَا إِلٰـهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِيْ وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوْءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَبُوْءُ بِذَنْبِيْ فَاغْفِرْ لِيْ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

allahumma anta rabbi la ilaha illa anta khalaqtani wa ana 'abduka wa ana 'ala 'ahdika wa wa'dika mastata'tu a'udhu bika min sharri ma sana'tu abu'u laka bini'matika 'alayya wa abu'u bidhanbi faghfir li fa innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa anta

O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no deity worthy of worship except You. You created me, and I am Your servant. I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your blessings upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me, for none can forgive sins except You.

Prayer for Forgiveness for Parents

رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ

rabbanaghfir li wa liwalidayya wa lil-mu'minina yawma yaqumul-hisab

Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and all the believers on the Day the account is established.

Seeking Forgiveness 100 Times a Day

أَسْتَغْفِرُ الله وَأَتُوْبُ إِلَيْهِ

astaghfirullah wa atubu ilayh

I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him.

What to say and do if you commit a sin

مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يُذنِبُ ذَنْباً فَيُحْسِنُ الطُّهُورَ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ إِلاَّ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ

Any servant who commits a sin and as a result, performs ablution, prays two units of prayer (i.e. two rak‘as) and then seeks Allah’s forgiveness, Allah would forgive him.

Invocation for someone who says: May Allah forgive you

وَلَكَ

‘abdullah Ibn Sarjis said: ‘I went to see the Prophet ﷺ and ate from his food and then said to him: “May Allah forgive you, O Messenger of Allah.” he replied: “and you.”

Invocation for someone you have spoken ill to

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «اللَّهُمَّ فَأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قُرْبَةً إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

Allahumma fa-ayyuma mu/minin sababtuhu faj‘al thalika lahu qurbatan ilayka yawmal-qiyamah.

O Allah, to any believer whom I have insulted, let that be cause to draw him near to You on the Day of Resurrection.

Repentance and seeking forgiveness

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَسْتَغفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةٍ»

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘By Allah, I seek forgiveness and repent to Allah, more than seventy times a day.

Repentance and seeking forgiveness

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ إِلَيْهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ»

He ﷺ also said: ‘O People, Repent! Verily I repent to Allah, a hundred times a day.

Repentance and seeking forgiveness

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «مَنْ قَالَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظيمَ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ القَيّوُمُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيهِ، غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَرَّ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ»

He also said: ‘Whoever says:“Astaghfirul-lahal-lathee la ilaha illa huwal-hayyul-qayyoomu wa-atoobu ilayh.” Allah would forgive him even if he was one who fled during the advance of an army.

He ﷺ also said: ‘Whoever says:“I seek Allah’s forgiveness, besides whom, none has the right to be worshipped except He, The Ever Living, The Self-Subsisting and Supporter of all, and I turn to Him in repentance.” Allah would forgive him even if he was one who fled during the advance of an army.

Repentance and seeking forgiveness

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الرَّبُّ مِنَ الْعَبْدِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرِ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِمَّنْ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ فَكُنْ»

He ﷺ said: ‘The nearest the Lord comes to His servant is in the middle of the night, so if you are able to be of those who remember Allah at that time, then be so.

Repentance and seeking forgiveness

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَأَكثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ»

He ﷺ also said: ‘The nearest a servant is to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so supplicate much therein.

Repentance and seeking forgiveness

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إِنَّهُ لَيُغَانُ عَلَى قَلْبِي وَإِنِّي لأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي الْيَوْمِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ»

He ﷺ also said: ‘verily my heart becomes preoccupied, and verily I seek Allah’s forgiveness a hundred times a day. Preoccupied: i.e. in a state of ‘forgetfulness’. The Prophet ﷺ always used to increase in his remembrance of his Lord, in attaining a nearness to Allah and having consciousness of Allah to the extent that if this intensity lessened in anyway, he would regard it as a sin and would then race to seek forgiveness from Allah.

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