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Dua for Repentance

Comprehensive repentance supplication

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

Transliteration

Allahumma inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathiran wa la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa anta faghfir li maghfiratan min 'indika warhamni innaka antal-ghafurur-Rahim

English meaning

O Allah, I have greatly wronged myself and none forgives sins but You, so grant me forgiveness from You and have mercy on me. Surely, You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

When is it recited?

Can be recited in prayer before salam, or anytime.

Its virtue

The supplication the Prophet (PBUH) taught Abu Bakr to recite in prayer.

Source

Bukhari, Adhan 149, 834; Muslim, Dhikr 48, 2705

See also

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