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Istighfar & Repentance — 50 prayers

What can you say after sinning? Prayers to read with a heart returning to Allah, with English meanings and sources.

22 from the Sunnah, then 23 Quran passages, followed by 5 general prayers. The opening repentance guide is additional to the 50.

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Opening guide

Repentance: three conditions, and a fourth for people’s rights

التوبة الصادقة تكون بالإخلاص لله، والإقلاع عن الذنب، والندم عليه، والعزم على عدم العودة إليه. وإذا تعلق الذنب بحق آدمي زاد شرط رابع: رد الحق إلى صاحبه أو طلب عفوه على الوجه المشروع. لا يكفي ترديد الصيغ مع الإصرار على المعصية، ولا تيأس من رحمة الله.

Sincere repentance is for Allah: stop the sin, feel remorse for it, and resolve not to return to it. If another person’s rights are involved, there is a fourth requirement: restore those rights or obtain a valid pardon. Saying words while deliberately persisting in sin is not a substitute for repentance. Never despair of Allah’s mercy.

Source: explanation of the conditions of repentance — Ibn Baz ↗ · الزمر ٣٩:٥٣ ↗

After a sin: the prayer of repentance

The Prophet ﷺ taught that a person who sins, purifies themselves well, prays two rakahs and asks Allah’s forgiveness is forgiven. This accompanies sincere repentance and its conditions.

أبو داود 1521 — صححه الألباني ↗

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Ask Allah for forgiveness throughout the day

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ.

I ask Allah to forgive me.

Source, virtue or occasion

The Prophet ﷺ reported seeking forgiveness 100 times daily. Muslim 591 also records seeking forgiveness three times after prayer; these are separate contexts.

صحيح مسلم 2702أ؛ 591 ↗

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Seek forgiveness and turn back to Allah

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ.

I ask Allah to forgive me, and I return to Him in repentance.

Source, virtue or occasion

The Prophet ﷺ described seeking forgiveness and repenting more than seventy times a day.

صحيح البخاري 6307 ↗

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Sayyid al-Istighfar

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ.

O Allah, You are my Lord; none deserves worship except You. You created me and I am Your servant. I keep Your covenant and promise as far as I can. I seek Your protection from the evil I have done. I acknowledge Your blessings upon me and confess my sin. Forgive me: only You forgive sins.

Source, virtue or occasion

The hadith gives glad tidings of Paradise to one who says this with conviction by day and dies before evening, or by night and dies before morning.

صحيح البخاري 6306 ↗

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Ask the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining Lord

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ.

I ask forgiveness from Allah, the Magnificent, besides whom none deserves worship, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all; and I repent to Him.

Source, virtue or occasion

The report promises forgiveness even for fleeing battle. This narration specifies no threefold count. Read it with sincere repentance; the promise is no reason to persist in wrongdoing or withhold people’s rights.

الترمذي 3577 ↗

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A prayer repeated 100 times in one gathering

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ.

My Lord, forgive me and accept my repentance. You are the One who accepts repentance, the Merciful.

Source, virtue or occasion

Ibn Umar reported counting the Prophet ﷺ saying these words one hundred times in a single gathering.

أبو داود 1516 ↗

صححه الألباني · Sahih, al-Albani
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Forgiveness while bowing and prostrating

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي.

Glory and praise belong to You, O Allah, our Lord. O Allah, forgive me.

Source, virtue or occasion

Aishah described the Prophet ﷺ frequently saying this in bowing and prostration.

صحيح البخاري 817 ↗

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Forgiveness for every sin

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

O Allah, forgive every sin of mine: the small and the great, the earliest and the latest, the public and the hidden.

Source, virtue or occasion

A supplication the Prophet ﷺ made in prostration.

صحيح مسلم 483 ↗

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When you have wronged yourself

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَارْحَمْنِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.

O Allah, I have greatly wronged myself, and only You forgive sins. Grant me forgiveness from Yourself and show me mercy. You are the All-Forgiving, the Merciful.

Source, virtue or occasion

The Prophet ﷺ taught Abu Bakr this prayer to use in his salah.

صحيح البخاري 834 ↗

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Ask to be cleansed of sins

اللَّهُمَّ بَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَايَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ، اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّنِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْ خَطَايَايَ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ.

O Allah, put my sins far from me as You have separated east from west. Purify me from sins as a white garment is cleaned of dirt. Wash away my sins with water, snow and hail.

Source, virtue or occasion

From the opening supplication after the opening takbir and before recitation.

صحيح البخاري 744 ↗

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Admit your wrongdoing before Allah

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا، إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ.

O Allah, You are the Sovereign; none deserves worship except You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and acknowledge my sin. Forgive all my sins: only You forgive sins.

Source, virtue or occasion

A continuous passage from the longer transmitted opening prayer, not the entire hadith.

صحيح مسلم 771أ — مقطع من دعاء الاستفتاح ↗

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Forgiveness for hidden and open wrongs

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَفْتُ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ.

O Allah, forgive what I have done before and what comes later, what I have concealed and what I have made public, my excesses and what You know about me better than I do. You bring forward and You hold back; none deserves worship except You.

Source, virtue or occasion

A prayer the Prophet ﷺ made between the tashahhud and the salam.

صحيح مسلم 771أ ↗

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Forgiveness for mistakes, intent and ignorance

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي كُلِّهِ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطَايَايَ وَعَمْدِي وَجَهْلِي وَهَزْلِي، وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ، أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.

My Lord, forgive my error, my ignorance, every excess in my affairs, and what You know better than I do. O Allah, forgive my mistakes, my deliberate wrongs, my ignorance and my foolish joking; all of that is in me. Forgive my earlier and later deeds, my hidden and public acts. You bring forward and hold back, and You have power over everything.

Source, virtue or occasion

A transmitted prayer in the cited source; this narration specifies no fixed repetition count.

صحيح البخاري 6398 ↗

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Ask for pardon — the prayer of Laylat al-Qadr

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي.

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

Source, virtue or occasion

The Prophet ﷺ taught Aishah these words for Laylat al-Qadr. They may also be used in supplication at other times.

الترمذي 3513؛ ابن ماجه 3850 ↗

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After leaving the toilet

غُفْرَانَكَ.

I ask Your forgiveness.

Source, virtue or occasion

The Prophet ﷺ said this on leaving the toilet.

أبو داود 30 ↗

صححه الألباني · Sahih, al-Albani
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Between the two prostrations

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي.

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

Source, virtue or occasion

Reported among his words while sitting between prostrations in the night prayer.

أبو داود 874 ↗

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Forgiveness, mercy, wellbeing, guidance and provision

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَعَافِنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي.

O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, grant me wellbeing, guide me and provide for me.

Source, virtue or occasion

A prayer between prostrations, using the wording and order in Abu Dawud’s narration.

أبو داود 850 ↗

حسنه الألباني · Hasan, al-Albani
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At the end of a gathering

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

Glory and praise belong to You, O Allah. I bear witness that none deserves worship except You. I ask Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.

Source, virtue or occasion

The report describes forgiveness for the idle talk of that gathering when these words are said before leaving. People’s rights still have to be restored.

الترمذي 3433 ↗

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Forgiveness for the living and the dead

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا، اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ، وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ.

O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our young and old, our men and women, those present and those absent. Let those You keep alive live in faith, and those You take die in Islam. Do not deprive us of the reward for him, and do not let us go astray after him.

Source, virtue or occasion

A transmitted funeral prayer asking forgiveness for these groups among the Muslims.

أبو داود 3201 ↗

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Forgiveness and mercy for a deceased Muslim

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ، وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ.

O Allah, forgive him, show him mercy, grant him safety and pardon him. Honour his welcome and make his entrance spacious. Wash him with water, snow and hail, and cleanse his sins as You cleanse a white garment of dirt. Give him a better home, family and spouse. Admit him to Paradise and protect him from punishment in the grave and the Fire.

Source, virtue or occasion

A supplication of the Prophet ﷺ during the funeral prayer.

صحيح مسلم 963أ ↗

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Forgiveness, mercy and the company of the righteous

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ.

O Allah, forgive me, show me mercy and join me to the exalted company.

Source, virtue or occasion

Reported during the Prophet’s final illness.

صحيح البخاري 4440 ↗

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Pardon and wellbeing morning and evening

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي، اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي، اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي.

O Allah, I ask You for wellbeing in this life and the next, and for pardon and wellbeing in my religion, worldly affairs, family and property. Cover my vulnerabilities and calm my fears. Protect me from before and behind, from my right and left and from above. I seek refuge in Your greatness from sudden destruction beneath me.

Source, virtue or occasion

The Prophet ﷺ regularly made this supplication in the morning and evening.

أبو داود 5074 ↗

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Seek protection in Allah’s pleasure and pardon

اللَّهُمَّ أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ، وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ، لَا أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ، أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ.

O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, and in Your pardon and protection from Your punishment. I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot encompass Your praise; You are as You have praised Yourself.

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Aishah heard the Prophet ﷺ saying this in prostration.

صحيح مسلم 486 ↗

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Ask Allah to accept repentance

رَبَّنَا وَٱجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةًۭ مُّسْلِمَةًۭ لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Our Lord, make us both submit to You, and make from our descendants a community submitting to You. Show us our rites of worship and accept our repentance. You are the Accepter of repentance, the Merciful.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ 2:128 ↗

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Pardon, forgiveness and mercy

رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًۭا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ ۖ وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Our Lord, do not hold us accountable if we forget or make mistakes. Do not place upon us a burden like that placed upon those before us. Do not burden us beyond our strength. Pardon us, forgive us and show us mercy. You are our Protector, so help us against the disbelieving people.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ 2:286 ↗

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Forgiveness and protection from the Fire

رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive our sins and protect us from punishment in the Fire.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ آلِ عِمۡرَانَ 3:16 ↗

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Forgive our sins and excesses

رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِىٓ أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Our Lord, forgive our sins and our excesses in our affairs, make our feet firm and help us against the disbelieving people.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ آلِ عِمۡرَانَ 3:147 ↗

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Wipe away wrongs and grant a good end

رَّبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًۭا يُنَادِى لِلْإِيمَٰنِ أَنْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَـَٔامَنَّا ۚ رَبَّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّـَٔاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ

Our Lord, we heard a caller inviting us to faith: Believe in your Lord; so we believed. Our Lord, forgive our sins, remove our evil deeds and let us die among the righteous.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ آلِ عِمۡرَانَ 3:193 ↗

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The prayer of Adam and Hawwa

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. Unless You forgive us and have mercy on us, we will surely be among the losers.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ الأَعۡرَافِ 7:23 ↗

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Glory be to You; I repent to You

سُبْحَٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Glory be to You! I turn to You in repentance, and I am the first of the believers.

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The prayer of Musa in this verse.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ الأَعۡرَافِ 7:143 ↗

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Forgiveness for yourself and your believing brother

رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِأَخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِكَ ۖ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

My Lord, forgive me and my brother, and bring us into Your mercy. You are the most merciful of those who show mercy.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ الأَعۡرَافِ 7:151 ↗

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You are our Protector, so forgive us

أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَٰفِرِينَ

You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the best of those who forgive.

Source, virtue or occasion

A continuous passage from Musa’s supplication.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ الأَعۡرَافِ 7:155 ↗

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Repent from asking without knowledge

رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You for what I have no knowledge of. Unless You forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be among the losers.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ هُودٍ 11:47 ↗

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Forgiveness for parents and believers

رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ

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

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ إِبۡرَاهِيمَ 14:41 ↗

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The prayer of Yunus

لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

None deserves worship except You. Glory be to You! I have indeed been among the wrongdoers.

Source, virtue or occasion

The prayer of Yunus; Allah’s response is described in the following verse.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ الأَنبِيَاءِ 21:87 ↗

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Our Lord, we believe; forgive us

رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the best of those who show mercy.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ المُؤۡمِنُونَ 23:109 ↗

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My Lord, forgive and have mercy

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ وَٱرْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

My Lord, forgive and show mercy. You are the best of those who show mercy.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ المُؤۡمِنُونَ 23:118 ↗

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Hope for forgiveness on the Day of Judgement

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

And He is the One I hope will forgive my sin on the Day of Judgement.

Source, virtue or occasion

Words of Ibrahim praising his Lord and expressing hope for forgiveness; a statement of hope rather than a direct request.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ الشُّعَرَاءِ 26:82 ↗

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My Lord, I wronged myself; forgive me

رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

My Lord, I have wronged myself, so forgive me. Then He forgave him; He is the All-Forgiving, the Merciful.

Source, virtue or occasion

The request is followed by the Quran’s account that Allah forgave Musa.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ القَصَصِ 28:16 ↗

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I repent to You and submit to You

رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَٰلِحًۭا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

My Lord, inspire me to thank You for the favour You have bestowed on me and my parents, and to do righteous deeds that please You. Make my descendants righteous for me. I have turned to You in repentance, and I am among those who submit to You.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ الأَحۡقَافِ 46:15 ↗

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Forgiveness and a heart free of resentment

رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَٰنِنَا ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِٱلْإِيمَٰنِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِى قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّۭا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ

Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith. Do not put in our hearts resentment towards those who believe. Our Lord, You are Most Kind, Merciful.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ الحَشۡرِ 59:10 ↗

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Turn back to Allah and seek forgiveness

رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Our Lord, we put our trust in You, turn back to You, and to You is the final return. Our Lord, do not make us a trial for the disbelievers, and forgive us. Our Lord, You are the Almighty, the Wise.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ المُمۡتَحنَةِ 60:4–5 ↗

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Complete our light and forgive us

رَبَّنَآ أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ

Our Lord, complete our light for us and forgive us. You have power over everything.

Source, virtue or occasion

A Quranic supplication. No fixed repetition count is assigned here.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ التَّحۡرِيمِ 66:8 ↗

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Forgiveness for yourself, parents and all believers

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًۭا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ

My Lord, forgive me, my parents, whoever enters my house as a believer, and the believing men and women.

Source, virtue or occasion

The request for forgiveness from Nuh’s prayer in this verse.

القرآن الكريم — سُورَةُ نُوحٍ 71:28 ↗

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Ask for sincere repentance

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي تَوْبَةً نَصُوحًا، وَقَلْبًا مُنِيبًا، وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا مَضَى مِنْ ذُنُوبِي.

O Allah, grant me sincere repentance and a heart that returns to You, and forgive my past sins.

Source, virtue or occasion

A general supplication, not attributed to the Prophet ﷺ or early Muslims; no special count or reward is assigned.

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Ask for help to leave sin

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي، وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى تَرْكِهِ، وَاصْرِفْ قَلْبِي عَنْ أَسْبَابِهِ، وَثَبِّتْنِي عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ.

O Allah, forgive my sin, help me leave it, turn my heart away from what leads to it, and keep me firm in obedience to You.

Source, virtue or occasion

A general supplication, not attributed to the Prophet ﷺ or early Muslims; no special count or reward is assigned.

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Ask for help to restore people’s rights

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ظُلْمِي، وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى أَدَاءِ الْحُقُوقِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا، وَإِصْلَاحِ مَا أَفْسَدْتُ، وَتَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي.

O Allah, forgive my wrongdoing, help me return people’s rights and repair what I have damaged, and accept my repentance.

Source, virtue or occasion

A general supplication, not attributed to the Prophet ﷺ or early Muslims; no special count or reward is assigned.

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Ask for a pure tongue and heart

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي زَلَلَ لِسَانِي، وَفَسَادَ قَلْبِي، وَسُوءَ عَمَلِي، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي قَوْلِي وَعَمَلِي وَنِيَّتِي.

O Allah, forgive the slips of my tongue, the corruption of my heart and my bad deeds. Make my speech, actions and intentions sound.

Source, virtue or occasion

A general supplication, not attributed to the Prophet ﷺ or early Muslims; no special count or reward is assigned.

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Ask for mercy and a new beginning

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي، وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى ضَعْفِي، وَافْتَحْ لِي بَابَ طَاعَتِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمْرِي خَيْرًا مِمَّا مَضَى.

O Allah, forgive me and have mercy on me. Do not leave me to my weakness. Open for me the way of obedience to You, and make the rest of my life better than what has passed.

Source, virtue or occasion

A general supplication, not attributed to the Prophet ﷺ or early Muslims; no special count or reward is assigned.

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