Supplications for Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, is there a specific supplication for one who wants to repent?

Answer:
He should say: “O Allah, forgive me. O Allah, accept my repentance. I seek forgiveness from Allah and I repent to Him. O Allah, accept from me, for You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. O Allah, forgive my sins. O Allah, forgive me for what I have erred in and what I have exaggerated in.” And he should say: “O Allah,

faghfirli ma qaddamtu wa ma akh-khartu, wa ma asrartu, wa ma a'lantu. Anta al-muqaddimu, wa anta al-mu-'akhkhiru. La ilaha il-la anta

اغفر لي ما قدمت وما أخرت وما أسررت وما أعلنت، أنت المقدم وأنت المؤخر، لا إله إلا أنت

Sahih al-Bukhari 6317

,” which is the master of seeking forgiveness, as the Prophet

God’s messenger as saying that the best manner of asking pardon is to say, “O God, Thou art my Lord. There is no god but Thee. Thou hast created me, and I am Thy servant and hold to Thy covenant and promise as much as I can. I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Thy favour to me, and I acknowledge my sin. Pardon me, for none but Thee pardons sins.”

صلى الله عليه وسلم اللهم أنت ربي لا إله إلا أنت، خلقتني وأنا عبدك، وأنا على عهدك ووعدك ما استطعت، أعوذ بك من شر ما صنعت، أبوء لك بنعمتك علي، وأبوء بذنبي فاغفر لي، إنه لا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت.

Mishkat al-Masabih 2335

said.
And he said to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq: “Say: O Allah, I have wronged myself with a great wrong,

wala yaghfirudhdhunuba illa anta, Faghfirli maghfiratan min indika war-hamni, innaka antalGhafur-Rahim.

ولا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت، فاغفر لي مغفرة من عندك، وارحمني إنك أنت الغفور الرحيم

Sahih al-Bukhari 6326

.” Yes.

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