Seeking forgiveness and repentance
Seeking forgiveness and repentance: 6 supplications in Arabic with English translation and sources, from the Fortress of the Muslim (Hisn al-Muslim).
الاستغفار و التوبة
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَسْتَغفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةٍ.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “By Allah, I ask Allah’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day.”
وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ فِي الْيَوْمِ إِلَيْهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ.
He also said: “O people, repent to Allah, for I repent to Him a hundred times a day.”
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: ‘I ask forgiveness of Allah the Mighty, besides whom there is no god, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining, and I turn to Him in repentance’, Allah forgives him, even if he fled from the battlefield.”
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 also said: “The Lord is nearest to His servant in the last part of the night: if you can be among those who remember Allah at that hour, then do so.”
وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَأَكثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ.
He also said: “A servant is nearest to his Lord when he is prostrating, so make many supplications.”
وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: إِنَّهُ لَيُغَانُ عَلَى قَلْبِي وَإِنِّي لأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي الْيَوْمِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ.
He also said: “My heart is at times veiled, and I ask Allah’s forgiveness a hundred times a day.”
Fortress of the Muslim (Hisn al-Muslim), Sa‘id ibn ‘Ali al-Qahtani. MushafPlus translation made from the Arabic, not reviewed by a specialist.