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Forgiveness & Repentance

9 duas

Sayyidul Istighfar

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ

Transliteration

Allahumma anta Rabbi la ilaha illa ant, khalaqtani wa ana 'abduk, wa ana 'ala 'ahdika wa wa'dika mastata't

Translation

O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I abide by Your covenant and promise as best I can.

Bukhari 6306

Dua of Prophet Yunus (Jonah)

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Transliteration

La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimin

Translation

There is no god but You. Glory be to You! Indeed, I have been among the wrongdoers.

Quran 21:87

Dua of Adam and Hawwa

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Transliteration

Rabbana zalamna anfusana wa in lam taghfir lana wa tarhamna lanakunanna minal-khasirin

Translation

Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.

Quran 7:23

Istighfar of the Prophet (100 times a day)

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Transliteration

Astaghfirullaha wa atubu ilayh

Translation

I seek the forgiveness of Allah and repent to Him. (The Prophet ﷺ said it more than seventy times a day)

Bukhari 6307

Dua for forgiveness of all sins

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي كُلَّهُ، دِقَّهُ وَجِلَّهُ، وَأَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ، وَعَلَانِيَتَهُ وَسِرَّهُ

Transliteration

Allahummaghfir li dhanbi kullah, diqqahu wa jillah, wa awwalahu wa akhirah, wa 'alaniyatahu wa sirrah

Translation

O Allah, forgive me all my sins — the small and the great, the first and the last, the open and the secret.

Muslim 483

Dua between the two prostrations

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي

Transliteration

Rabbighfir li, Rabbighfir li

Translation

My Lord, forgive me. My Lord, forgive me.

Abu Dawud 874

Dua for parents

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا

Transliteration

Rabbighfir li wa liwalidayya warhamhuma kama rabbayani saghira

Translation

My Lord, forgive me and my parents, and have mercy upon them as they brought me up when I was small.

Quran 17:24

Dua on Laylatul Qadr

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

Transliteration

Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun tuhibbul-'afwa fa'fu 'anni

Translation

O Allah, You are Pardoning and love pardon, so pardon me.

Tirmidhi 3513

Kaffaratul Majlis (expiation of the gathering)

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

Transliteration

Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdik, ash-hadu an la ilaha illa ant, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk

Translation

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.

Tirmidhi 3433