Istighfar-e-Maujiz-e-Aasaa

Text and Translation

Istighfar before Sleep

Every night before sleeping, recite this istighfar weeping - and if tears will not come, at least make a weeping face:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ قَوِيَ عَلَيْهِ بَدَنِيْ بِعَافِيَتِكَ، اَوْ نَالَتْهُ قُدْرَتِيْ بِفَضْلِ نِعْمَتِكَ، اَوْ بَسَطْتُ اِلَيْهِ يَدِيْ بِسَابِغِ رِزْقِكَ، اَوِ اتَّكَلَتْ فِيْهِ عِنْدَ خَوْفِيْ مِنْهُ عَلٰي آنَاتِكَ، اَوِ احْتَجَبْتُ فِيْهِ مِنَ النَّاسِ بِسِتْرِكَ، اَوْ وَثِقْتُ مِنْ سَطْوَتِكَ عَلَيَّ فِيْهِ بِحِلْمِكَ، اَو عَوَّلْتُ فِيْهِ عَلٰى كَرَمِ عَفْوِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA MIN KULLI ZAMBIN QAWIYA A'LAYHI BADANEE BI-A'AAFIYATIKA, AW NAALATHU QUDRATEE BI-FADLI NI'MATIKA, AW BASATTU ILAYHI YADEE BI-SAABIGHI RIZQIKA, AWIT TAKALAT FEEHI I'NDA KHAWFEE MINHU A'LAA AANAATIKA, AWIH TAJABTU FEEHI MINAN NAASI BI-SITRIKA, AW WATHIQTU MIN SATWATIKA A'LAYYA FEEHI BI-HILMIKA, AW A'WWALTU FEEHI A'LAA KARAMI A'FWIKA

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin my body found strength to commit through Your well-being, or that my ability reached through the abundance of Your blessing, or toward which I stretched my hand through Your ample sustenance, or that I relied upon, in my fear of it, on Your gentle occasions, or that I concealed from people by Your covering, or that I felt secure from Your wrath over, trusting Your forbearance, or that I depended on, trusting the generosity of Your pardon.

اَللّٰهُمَّ انِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ خُنْتُ فِيْهِ اَمَانَتِيْ، اَوْ بَخَّسْتُ بِفِعْلِهٖ نَفْسِيْ، اَوِ احْتَطَبْتُ بِهٖ عَلٰي بَدَنِيْ، اَوْ قَدَّمْتُ فِيْهِ لَذَّتِيْ، اَوْ آثَرْتُ فِيْهِ شَهْوَتِيْ، اَوْ سَعَيْتُ فِيْهِ لِغَيْرِيْ، اَوِ اسْتَغْوَيْتُ اِلَيْهِ مَنْ تَبِعَنِيْ، اَوْ كَايَدْتُ فِيْهِ مَنْ مَنَعَنِيْ، اَوْ قَهَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ مَنْ عَادَانِيْ، اَوْ غَلَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ حِيْلَتِيْ، اَوْ اَحَلْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَوْلَايَ، فَلَمْ تَغْلِبْنِيْ عَلٰى فِعْلِيْ، اِذْ كُنْتَ كَارِهًا لِمَعْصِيَتِيْ فَحَلُمْتَ عَنِّىْ، لٰكِنْ سَبَقَ عِلْمُكَ فِيَّ بِفِعْلِىْ ذٰلِكَ، لَمْ تُدْخِلْنِيْ يَا رَبِّ فِيْهِ جَبْرًا، وَلَمْ تَحْمِلْنِيْ عَلَيْهِ قَهْرًا، وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْنِيْ فِيْهٍ شَيْئًا، فَاَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لَهٗ وَلِجَمِيْعِ ذُنُوْبِيْ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA MIN KULLI ZAMBIN KHUNTU FEEHI AMAANATEE, AW BAKHKHASTU BI-FI'LIHI NAFSEE, AWIH TATABTU BIHI A'LAA BADANEE, AW QADDAMTU FEEHI LAZZATEE, AW AATHARTU FEEHI SHAHWATEE, AW SA-A'YTU FEEHI LI-GHAYREE, AWIS TAGHWAYTU ILAYHI MAN TABI-A'NEE, AW KAAYADTU FEEHI MAM MANA-A'NEE, AW QAHARTU A'LAYHI MAN A'ADAANEE, AW GHALABTU A'LAYHI BI-FADLI HEELATEE, AW AHALTU A'LAYKA MAWLAAYA, FALAM TAGHLIBNEE A'LAA FI'LEE, IZ KUNTA KAARIHAL LI-MA'SIYATEE FA-HALUMTA A'NNEE, LAAKIN SABAQA I'LMUKA FIYYA BI-FI'LEE ZAALIK, LAM TUD-KHILNEE YAA RABBI FEEHI JABRAA, WA LAM TAHMILNEE A'LAYHI QAHRAA, WA LAM TAZLIMNEE FEEHI SHAY-AA, FA-ASTAGHFIRUKA LAHU WA LI-JAMEE-I' ZUNOOBEE

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin in which I betrayed my trust, or by committing which I degraded myself, or burdened my own body, or in which I put my own pleasure first, or gave preference to my desire, or strove in which for someone else's sake, or led astray whoever followed me into it, or schemed in it against whoever restrained me, or overpowered whoever opposed me over it, or prevailed through the excellence of my own scheming, or referred the matter to You, my Master — yet You did not overpower me in my deed, since You disliked my disobedience and so were forbearing with me; but Your knowledge had already preceded regarding my committing it. You did not, my Lord, force me into it, nor compel me to it, nor wrong me in it in any way; so I seek Your forgiveness for it and for all my sins.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ تُبْتُ اِلَيْكَ مِنْهُ، وَاَقْدَمْتُ عَلٰي فِعْلِهٖ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْكَ وَاَنَا عَلَيْهِ، وَرَهِبْتُكَ وَاَنَا فِيْهِ تَعَاطَيْتُهٗ وَعُدْتُ اِلَيْهِ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA MIN KULLI ZAMBIN TUBTU ILAYKA MINHU, WA AQDAMTU A'LAA FI'LIHI FASTAHYAYTU MINKA WA ANAA A'LAYHI, WA RAHIBTUKA WA ANAA FEEHI TA-A'ATAYTUHU WA U'DTU ILAYH

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin from which I repented to You, then went ahead and committed it again — feeling shame before You even while upon it, and fearing You even while engaged in it — I took it up and returned to it.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ كَتَبْتَهٗ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِ خَيْرٍ اَرَدْتُ بِهٖ وَجْهَكَ فَخَالَطَنِيْ فِيْهِ سِوَاكَ، وَشَارَكَ فِعْلِيْ مَالَا يَخْلُصُ لَكَ، اَوْ وَجَبَ عَلَيَّ مَا اَرَدْتَ بِهٖ سِوَاكَ، وَكَثِيْرُ مِنْ فِعْلِيْ مَا يَكُوْنُ كَذٰلِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIN KATABTAHU A'LAYYA BI-SABABI KHAYRIN ARADTU BIHI WAJHAKA FA-KHAALATANEE FEEHI SIWAAKA, WA SHAARAKA FI'LEE MAA LAA YAKHLUSU LAK, AW WAJABA A'LAYYA MAA ARADTA BIHI SIWAAKA, WA KATHEERUM MIN FI'LEE MAA YAKOONU KAZAALIK

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin You have recorded against me by reason of a good deed I intended for Your sake, into which someone other than You crept, so that my act was joined by what was not purely for You, or by which I became obligated to something other than You — and much of my deeds are of this kind.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ تَوَرَّكَ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِ عَهْدٍ عَاهَدْتُكَ عَلَيْهِ، اَوْ عَقْدٍ عَقَدْتُهٗ لَكَ، اَوْ ذِمَّةٍ وَاثَقْتُ بِهَا مِنْ اَجْلِكَ لِاَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، ثُمَّ نَقَضْتُ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ ضَرُوْرَةٍ لَزِمْتَنِيْ فِيْهِ، بَلِ اسْتَزَلَّنِيْ اِلَيْهِ عَنِ الْوَفَاءِ بِهِ الْاَشَرُ، وَمَنَعَنِيْ عَنْ رِعَايَتِهِ الْبَصَرُ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA MIN KULLI ZAMBIN TAWARRAKA A'LAYYA BI-SABABI A'HDIN A'AAHATTUKA A'LAYH, AW A'QDIN A'QADTUHU LAK, AW ZIMMATIW WAATHAQTU BIHAA MIN AJLIKA LI-AHADIM MIN KHALQIK, THUMMA NAQADTU ZAALIKA MIN GHAYRI DAROORATIL LAZIMATNEE FEEH, BALIS TAZALLANEE ILAYHI A'NIL WAFAAA-I BIHIL ASHAR, WA MANA-A'NEE A'N RI-A'AYATIHIL BASAR

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin that came upon me by reason of a pledge I made to You, or a covenant I entered with You, or a bond I made, for Your sake, with one of Your creatures — then broke it without any necessity compelling me, but rather insolence made me slip away from keeping it, and heedlessness kept me from observing it.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ رَهِبْتُ فِيْهِ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ، وَخِفْتُ فِيْهِ غَيْرَكَ وَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ فِيْهِ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ثُمَّ اَفْضَيْتَ بِهٖ فِعْلِيْ اِلَيْكَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIR RAHIBTU FEEHI MIN I'BAADIKA, WA KHIFTU FEEHI GHAYRAKA WASTAHYAYTU FEEHI MIN KHALQIKA THUMMA AFDAYTA BIHI FI'LEE ILAYK

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin in which I feared Your servants, dreaded someone other than You, and felt shame before Your creation — yet my deed of it was still laid bare before You.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ اَقْدَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَاَنَا مُسْتَيْقِنٌ اَنَّكَ تُعَاقِبُ عَلَي ارْتِكَابِهٖ فَارْتَكَبْتُهٗ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIN AQDAMTU A'LAYHI WA ANAA MUSTAYQINUN ANNAKA TU-A'AQIBU A'LAR TIKAABIHI FARTAKABTUH

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin I went ahead and committed while certain that You would punish its commission — yet I committed it still.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ قَدَّمْتُ فِيْهِ شَهْوَتِي عَلٰي طَاعِتِكَ وَآثَرْتُ مَحَبَّتِيْ عَلٰي اَمْرِكَ، وَاَرْضَيْتُ فِيْهِ نَفْسِيْ بٍسَخَطِكَ، وَقَدْ نَهَيْتَنِيْ عَنْهُ بِنَهْيِكَ، وَتَقَدَّمْتَ اِلَيَّ فِيْهِ بِاِعْذَارِكَ، وَاحْتَجَجْتَ عَلَيَّ فِيْهِ بِوَعِيْدِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIN QADDAMTU FEEHI SHAHWATEE A'LAA TAA-A'TIKA WA AATHARTU MAHABBATEE A'LAA AMRIKA, WA ARDAYTU FEEHI NAFSEE BI-SAKHATIKA, WA QAD NAHAYTANEE A'NHU BI-NAHYIKA, WA TAQADDAMTA ILAYYA FEEHI BI-I'ZAARIKA, WAHTAJAJTA A'LAYYA FEEHI BI-WA-E'EDIK

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin in which I put my desire ahead of obedience to You and preferred my own love ahead of Your command, and satisfied myself with Your displeasure — though You had already forbidden it to me with Your prohibition, given me fair warning against it, and set forth Your threat as proof against me regarding it.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ عَلِمْتُهٗ مِنْ نَفْسِيْ، اَوْ ذَهَلْتُهٗ اَوْ نَسَيْتُهٗ، اَوْ تَعَمَّدْتُهٗ اَوْ اَخْطَاتُهٗ، مِمَّا لَا اَشُكُّ اَنَّكَ سَائِلِيْ عَنْهُ، وَاَنَّ نَفْسِيْ مُرْتَهَنَةٌ بِهٖ لَدَيْكَ، وَاِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَسِيْتُهٗ اَوْ غَفَلَتْ نَفْسِيْ عَنْهُ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA MIN KULLI ZAMBIN A'LIMTUHU MIN NAFSEE, AW ZAHALTUHU AW NASEETUHU, AW TA-A'MMADTUHU AW AKHTA-TUHU, MIMMAA LAA ASHUKKU ANNAKA SAAA-ILEE A'NHU, WA ANNA NAFSEE MURTAHANATUM BIHI LADAYK, WA IN KUNTU QAD NASEETUHU AW GHAFALAT NAFSEE A'NHU

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin I knew of myself, or was heedless of, or forgot, or committed deliberately, or committed by mistake — of which I have no doubt that You will question me, and that my soul is held pledged for it with You, even if I have forgotten it or my soul has become heedless of it.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ وَاجَهْتُكَ بِهٖ، وَقَدْ اَيْقَنْتُ اَنَّكَ تَرَانِيْ وَاَغْفَلْتُ اَنْ اَتُوْبَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْهُ، اَوْ نَسِيْتُ اَتُوْبَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْهُ، اَوْ نَسِيْتُ اَنْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لَهٗ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIW WAAJAHTUKA BIHI, WA QAD AYQANTU ANNAKA TARAANEE WA AGHFALTU AN ATOOBA ILAYKA MINHU, AW NASEETU AN ATOOBA ILAYKA MINHU, AW NASEETU AN ASTAGHFIRUKA LAH

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin I committed openly before You, while certain that You see me, yet neglected to repent to You from it, or forgot to repent to You from it, or forgot to seek Your forgiveness for it.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ دَخَلْتُ فِيْهِ، وَاَحْسَنْتُ ظَنِّيْ بِكَ اَنْ لَّا تُعَذِّبْنِيْ عَلَيْهِ، وَاَنَّكَ تَكْفِيْنِيْ مِنْهُ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIN DAKHALTU FEEHI, WA AHSANTU ZANNEE BIKA AL LAA TU-A'ZZIBANEE A'LAYHI, WA ANNAKA TAKFEENEE MINH

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin I entered into while thinking well of You, that You would not punish me for it and that You would spare me from it.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبِ نِاسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِهٖ مِنْكَ رَدَّ الدُّعَاءِ، وَحِرْمَانَ الْاِجَابَةِ، وَخَيْبَةَ الطَّمَعِ، وَالنْفِسَاخَ الرَّجَاءِ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBININ ISTAWJABTU BIHI MINKA RADDAD DUA-A', WA HIRMAANAL IJAABAH, WA KHAYBATAT TAMA-A', WAN FISAAKHAR RAJAAA-I

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin by which I made myself deserving of my prayers being rejected, my supplications going unanswered, my hopes disappointed, and my expectation broken.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ يُعَقِّبُ الْحَسْرَةَ، وَيُوْرِثُ النَّدَامَةَ وَيَحْبِسُ الرِّزْقَ، وَيَرُدُّ الدُّعَاءِ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIY YU-A'QQIBUL HASRAH, WA YOORITHUN NADAAMAH, WA YAHBISUR RIZQ, WA YARUDDUD DUA-A'

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin that brings regret in its wake, breeds remorse, withholds sustenance, and turns back supplication.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ يُوْرِثُ الْاَسْقَامَ، وَيُعَقِّبُ الضَّنَاءَ وَيُوْجِبُ النِّقَمَ، وَيَكُوْنُ آخِرُهٗ حَسْرَةً وَّنَدَامَةً

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIY YOORITHUL ASQAAM, WA YU-A'QQIBUD DANAAA, WA YOOJIBUN NIQAM, WA YAKOONU AAKHIRUHU HASRATAW WA NADAAMAH

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin that breeds illness, brings sickness in its wake, invites Your vengeance, and whose end is nothing but regret and remorse.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ مَدَحْتُهٗ بِلِسَانِيْ، اَوْ هَشَّتْ اِلَيْهِ نَفْسِيْ، اَوِ اكْتَسَبْتُهٗ بِيَدِيْ وَهُوَ عِنْدَكَ قَبِيْحٌ تُعَاقِبُ عَلٰي مِثْلِهٖ وَتَمْقُتْ مَنْ عَمِلَهٗ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA MIN KULLI ZAMBIM MADAHTUHU BI-LISAANEE, AW HASHSHAT ILAYHI NAFSEE, AWIK TASABTUHU BI-YADEE WA HUWA I'NDAKA QABEEHUN TU-A'AQIBU A'LAA MITHLIHI WA TAMQUTU MAN A'MILAH

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin I praised with my tongue, or which my soul delighted in, or which I earned with my own hand, while it is repugnant in Your sight — You punish the like of it and detest whoever commits it.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ خَلَوْتُ بِهٖ فِي لَيْلٍ اَوْ نَهَارٍ، حَيْثُ لَا يَرَانِيْ اَحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، فَمِلْتُ فِيْهِ مِنْ تَرْكِهٖ بِخَوْفِكَ، اِلَى ارْتِكَابِهٖ بِحُسْنِ الظَّنِّ بِكَ، فَسَوَّلَتْ لِيْ نَفْسِيَ الْاِقْدَامَ عَلَيْهِ فَوَاقَعْتُهٗ، وَاَنَا عَارِفٌ بِمَعْصِيَتِيْ لَكَ فِيْهِ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIN KHALAWTU BIHI FEE LAYLIN AW NAHAAR, HAYTHU LAA YARAANEE AHADUM MIN KHALQIKA, FAMILTU FEEHI MIN TARKIHI BI-KHAWFIKA, ILAR TIKAABIHI BI-HUSNIZ ZANNI BIK, FASAWWALAT LEE NAFSIYAL IQDAAMA A'LAYHI FAWAAQA'TUHU, WA ANAA A'AARIFUM BI-MA'SIYATEE LAKA FEEH

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin I committed in private, by night or day, where none of Your creatures could see me, and turned from abandoning it out of fear of You toward committing it out of thinking well of You — so my soul enticed me to go ahead with it and I fell into it, all the while knowing full well that I was disobeying You in it.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبِ نِاسْتَقْلَلْتُهٗ، اَوِ اسْتَصْغَرْتُهٗ، اَوِ اسْتَعْظَمْتُهٗ وَتَوَرَّطْتُ فِيْهِ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBININ ISTAQLALTUHU, AWIS TASGHARTUHU, AWIS TA-A'ZAMTUHU WA TAWARRATTU FEEH

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin I regarded as little, or held to be small, or knew to be great — yet fell into it.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ مَالَئْتُ فِيْهِ عَلٰي اَحَدٍ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ، اَوْ زَيِّنَتُهٗ لِنَفْسِيْ اَوْ مَاتُ بِهٖ اِلٰي غَيْرِيْ، وَدَلَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ سِوَايَ، اَوْ اَصْرَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِعَمَدِيْ، اَوْ اَقَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِحِيْلَتِيْ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIM MAALA-TU FEEHI A'LAA AHADIM MIM BARIYYATIK, AW ZAYYANTUHU LI-NAFSEE AW MITTU BIHI ILAA GHAYREE, WA DALALTU A'LAYHI SIWAAY, AW ASRARTU A'LAYHI BI-A'MADEE, AW AQAMTU A'LAYHI BI-HEELATEE

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin in which I conspired against one of Your creatures, or adorned it for myself, or carried it over to another, or pointed someone besides myself to it, or persisted in it deliberately, or sustained it through my own scheming.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبِ نِاسْتَعَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِحِيْلَتِيْ بِشَيْءٍ مِمَّا يُرَادُ بِهٖ وَجْهَكَ، اَوْ يُسْتَظْهَرُ بِمِثْلِهٖ عَلٰي طَاعَتِكَ، اَوْ يُتَقَرَّبُ بِمِثْلِهٖ اِلَيْكَ، وَوَارَيْتُ عَنِ النَّاسِ وَلَبَّسْتُ فِيْهِ، كَاَنِّيْ اَرِيْدُكَ بِحِيْلَتِيْ وَالْمُرَادُ بِهٖ مَعْصِيَتُكَ، وَالْهَوٰي فِيْهِ مُتَصَرِّفٌ عَلٰي غَيْرِ طَاعَتِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBININ ISTA-A'NTU A'LAYHI BI-HEELATEE BI-SHAY-IM MIMMAA YURAADU BIHI WAJHAKA, AW YUSTAZHARU BI-MITHLIHI A'LAA TAA-A'TIKA, AW YUTAQARRABU BI-MITHLIHI ILAYKA, WA WAARAYTU A'NIN NAASI WA LABBASTU FEEHI, KA-ANNEE UREEDUKA BI-HEELATEE WAL MURAADU BIHI MA'SIYATUKA, WAL HAWAA FEEHI MUTASARRIFUN A'LAA GHAYRI TAA-A'TIK

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin in whose commission I sought help through my own scheming, using something meant for Your sake, or something by which Your obedience is normally aided, or something by which nearness to You is normally sought — while I concealed it from people and disguised it, as if I sought You through my scheming when what was truly intended was disobedience to You, and my desire in it was directed to other than Your obedience.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ كَتَبْتَهٗ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِ عُجْبٍ، كَانَ بِنَفْسِيْ اَوْ رِيَاءٍ اَوْ سُمْعَةٍ، اَوْ خُيَلَاءَ اَوْ فَرَحٍ، اَوْ اَشَرٍ، اَوْ بَطَرٍ، اَوْ حِقْدٍ، اَوْ حَمِيَّةٍ، اَوْ غَضَبٍ، اَوْ رِضًي، اَوْ شُحٍّ، اَوْ بُخْلٍ، اَوْ ظُلْمٍ، اَوْ خِيَانَةٍ، اَوْ سِرْقَةٍ، اَوْ نَوْعٍ مِنْ اَنْوَاعِ مَا يُكْتَسَبُ بِمِثْلِهِ الذُّنُوْبُ وَيَكُوْنُ بِاجْتِرَاحِهِ الْعَطْبُ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIN KATABTAHU A'LAYYA BI-SABABI U'JBIN, KAANA BI-NAFSEE AW RIYAAA-IN AW SUM-A'H, AW KHUYALAAA-A AW FARAH, AW ASHARIN, AW BATARIN, AW HIQDIN, AW HAMIYYATIN, AW GHADABIN, AW RIDAN, AW SHUHHIN, AW BUKHLIN, AW ZULMIN, AW KHIYAANATIN, AW SIRQATIN, AW NAW-I'M MIN ANWAA-I' MAA YUKTASABU BI-MITHLIHIZ ZUNOOBU WA YAKOONU BIJTIRAAHIHIL A'TB

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin You have recorded against me by reason of self-admiration, ostentation, seeking a name, arrogance, excessive joy, insolence, wantonness, malice, tribal partisanship, anger, undue approval, avarice, miserliness, oppression, betrayal, theft, or any other kind of deed by which sins of this sort are earned and ruin is brought about through committing them.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ سَبَقَ فِي عِلْمِكَ اَنِّيْ فَاعِلُهٗ فَدَخَلْتُ فِيْهِ بِشَهْوَتِي، وَاجْتَرَحْتُهٗ بِاِرِادَتِي وَقَارَفْتُهٗ بِمَحَبَّتِيْ وَلَذَّتِيْ وَمَشِيَّتِيْ، وَشِئْتُهٗ اِذْ شِئْتَ اَنْ اَشَائَهٗ، وَاَرَدْتُهٗ اِذْ اَرَدْتَ اَنْ اُرِيْدَهٗ، فَعَمِلْتُهٗ اِذْ كَانَ فِيْ قَدِيْمِ تَقْدِيْرِكَ وَنَافِظِ عِلْمِكَ اَنِّيْ فَاعِلُهٗ، لَمْ تُدْخِلْنِيْ فِيْهِ جَبْرًا، وَلَمْ تَحْمِلْنِيْ عَلَيْهِ قَهْرًا، وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْنِيْ فِيْهِ شَيْئًا، فَاسْتَغْفِرُكَ لَهٗ وَلِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ جَرٰي بِهٖ عِلْمُكَ عَلَيَّ وَفِيَّ اِلٰي آخِرِ عُمْرِيْ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIN SABAQA FEE I'LMIKA ANNEE FAA-I'LUH, FADAKHALTU FEEHI BI-SHAHWATEE, WAJTARAHTUHU BI-IRAADATEE WA QAARAFTUHU BI-MAHABBATEE WA LAZZATEE WA MASHEE-ATEE, WA SHI-TUHU IZ SHI-TA AN ASHAAA-AHU, WA ARADTUHU IZ ARADTA AN UREEDAH, FA-A'MILTUHU IZ KAANA FEE QADEEMI TAQDEERIKA WA NAAFIZI I'LMIKA ANNEE FAA-I'LUH, LAM TUD-KHILNEE FEEHI JABRAN, WA LAM TAHMILNEE A'LAYHI QAHRAN, WA LAM TAZLIMNEE FEEHI SHAY-AN, FA-ASTAGHFIRUKA LAHU WA LI-KULLI ZAMBIN JARAA BIHI I'LMUKA A'LAYYA WA FIYYA ILAA AAKHIRI U'MREE

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin which Your knowledge had already known I would commit, and which I entered into through my own desire, committed through my own will, and pursued through my own love, pleasure, and choice — I willed it because You willed that I should will it, and I intended it because You intended that I should intend it, and I did it because it was already in Your ancient decree and Your penetrating knowledge that I would do it. You did not force me into it, nor compel me to it, nor wrong me in it in any way; so I seek Your forgiveness for it and for every sin that Your knowledge has recorded upon me and within me until the end of my life.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ مَالَ بِسَخَطِيْ فِيْهِ عَنْ رِضَاكَ، وَمَالَتْ نَفْسِيْ اِلٰي رِضَاكَ فَسَخِطْتُهٗ، اَوْ رَهِبْتُ فِيْهِ سِوَاكَ، اَوْ عَادَيْتُ فِيْهِ اَوْلِيَائَكَ اَوْ وَالَيْتُ فِيْهِ اَعْدَائَكَ، اَوِ اخْتَرْتُهُمْ عَلٰي اَصْفِيَائِكَ، اَوْ خَذَلْتُ فِيْهِ اَحِبَّائَكَ، اَوْ قَصَّرْتُ فِيْهِ عَنْ رِضَاكَ يَا خَيْرَ الْغَافِرِيْنَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIM MAALA BI-SAKHATEE FEEHI A'N RIDAAK, WA MAALAT NAFSEE ILAA RIDAAKA FA-SAKHITTUHU, AW RAHIBTU FEEHI SIWAAK, AW A'ADAYTU FEEHI AWLIYAAA-AK AW WAALAYTU FEEHI A'DAAA-AK, AWIKH TARTUHUM A'LAA ASFIYAAA-IK, AW KHAZALTU FEEHI AHIBBAAA-AK, AW QASSARTU FEEHI A'N RIDAAKA YAA KHAYRAL GHAAFIREEN

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin in which my displeasure turned away from Your pleasure, though my soul was inclined toward Your pleasure yet I was displeased with it; or in which I feared someone other than You; or in which I showed enmity toward Your friends, or allegiance toward Your enemies, or chose them over Your chosen ones; or in which I abandoned Your loved ones, or fell short of Your pleasure — O Best of forgivers.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ ذَنْبٍ تُبْتُ اِلَيْكَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ عُدْتُ فِيْهِ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI ZAMBIN TUBTU ILAYKA MINHU THUMMA U'DTU FEEH

O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin from which I repented to You, then returned to it.

وَاَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا اَعْطَيْتُكَ مِنْ نَفْسِيْ ثُمَّ لَمْ اَفِ بِهٖ

WA ASTAGHFIRUKA LIMAA A'TAYTUKA MIN NAFSEE THUMMA LAM AFI BIH

And I seek Your forgiveness for the pledges I made to You concerning myself, then did not fulfill.

وَاَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِلنَّعْمَةِ الَّتِيْ اَنْعَمْتَ بِهَا عَلَيَّ فَقَوَيْتُ بِهَا عَلٰي مَعْصِيَتِكَ

WA ASTAGHFIRUKA LIN NI'MATIL LATEE AN-A'MTA BIHAA A'LAYYA FA-QAWEETU BIHAA A'LAA MA'SIYATIK

And I seek Your forgiveness for the blessing You bestowed upon me, which I used to gain strength for disobeying You.

وَاَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ اَرَدْتُ بِهٖ وَجْهَكَ فَخَالَطَنِيْ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ

WA ASTAGHFIRUKA LI-KULLI KHAYRIN ARADTU BIHI WAJHAKA FA-KHAALATANEE MAA LAYSA LAK

And I seek Your forgiveness for every good deed I intended for Your sake, into which crept something not meant for You.

وَاَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا دَعَانِيْ اِلَيْهِ الرُّخَصَ فِيْمَا اشْتَبَهٗ عَلَيَّ مِمَّا هُوَ عِنْدَكَ حَرَامٌ

WA ASTAGHFIRUKA LIMAA DA-A'ANEE ILAYHIR RUKHASU FEEMASH TABAHA A'LAYYA MIMMAA HUWA I'NDAKA HARAAM

And I seek Your forgiveness for whatever license drew me toward things that seemed permissible to me, but were forbidden in Your sight.

وَاَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِلذُّنُوْبِ الَّتِيْ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا غَيْرُكَ، وَلَا يَطَّلِعُ عَلَيْهَا سِوَاكَ، وَلَا يَحْتَمِلُهَا اِلَّا حِلْمُكَ، وَلَا يَسَعُهَا اِلَّا عَفْوُكَ

WA ASTAGHFIRUKA LIZ ZUNOOBIL LATEE LAA YA'LAMUHAA GHAYRUKA, WA LAA YATTALI-U' A'LAYHAA SIWAAKA, WA LAA YAHTAMILUHAA ILLAA HILMUKA, WA LAA YASA-U'HAA ILLAA A'FWUK

And I seek Your forgiveness for the sins that none knows but You, that none is aware of but You, that nothing can bear but Your forbearance, and that nothing can contain but Your pardon.

وَاَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَاَتُوْبُ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ مَظَالِمِ كَثِيْرَةٍ لِعِبَادِكَ قِبَلِيْ، يَا رَبِّ فَلَمْ اَسْتَطِعْ رَدَّهَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَتَحْلِيْلَهَا مِنْهُمْ، اَوْ شَهِدُوْا فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنِ اسْتِحْلاَلِهِمْ وَالطَّلَبِ اِلَيْهِمْ وَاِعْلاَمِهِمْ ذٰلِكَ، وَاَنْتَ الْقَادِرُ عَلٰي اَنْ تَسْتَوْهِبَنِيْ مِنْهُمْ وَتُرْضِيَهُمْ عَنِّيْ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ وَبِمَا شِئْتَ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ، وَاَحْكَمَ الْحَاكِمِيْنَ وَخَيْرَ الْغَافِرِيْنَ

WA ASTAGHFIRUKA WA ATOOBU ILAYKA MIN MAZAALIMIN KATHEERATIL LI-I'BAADIKA QIBALEE, YAA RABBI FALAM ASTATI' RADDAHAA A'LAYHIM WA TAHLEELAHAA MINHUM, AW SHAHIDOO FASTAHYAYTU MINISTIHLAALIHIM WAT TALABI ILAYHIM WA I'LAAMIHIM ZAALIK, WA ANTAL QAADIRU A'LAA AN TASTAWHIBANEE MINHUM WA TURDIYAHUM A'NNEE KAYFA SHI-TA WA BIMAA SHI-TA YAA ARHAMAR RAAHIMEEN, WA AHKAMAL HAAKIMEENA WA KHAYRAL GHAAFIREEN

And I seek Your forgiveness, and I repent to You, for the many wrongs I owe Your servants, O Lord, which I have been unable to return to them or be released from by them — whether they are present, so that I felt too ashamed to ask them to absolve me, to petition them, or to inform them of it; while You are able to obtain their absolution for me and make them pleased with me, however and by whatever means You will, O Most Merciful of the merciful, Most Just of judges, and Best of forgivers.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اِسْتَغْفَارِيْ اِيَّاكَ مَعَ الْاِصْرَارِ لُؤْمٌ، وَتَرْكِيَ الْاِسْتِغْفَارَ مَعَ مَعْرِفَتِيْ بِسِعَةِ جُوْدِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ عَجْزٌ، فَكَمْ تَتَحَبَّبُ اِلَيَّ يَا رَبِّ وَاَنْتَ الْغَنِيُّ عَنِّيْ، وَكَمْ اَتَبَغَّضُ اِلَيْكَ وَاَنَا الْفَقِيْرُ اِلَيْكَ وَاِلٰي رَحْمَتَكَ، فَيَا مَنْ وَعَدَ فَوَفَا، وَاَوْعَدَ فَعَفَا، اِغْفِرْلِيْ خَطَاياَيَ، وَاعْفُ وَارْحَمْ وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ISTIGHFAAREE IYYAAKA MA-A'L ISRAARI LU-M, WA TARKIYAL ISTIGHFAARA MA-A' MA'RIFATEE BI-SI-A'TI JOODIKA WA RAHMATIKA A'JZ, FAKAM TATAHABBABU ILAYYA YAA RABBI WA ANTAL GHANIYYU A'NNEE, WA KAM ATABAGHGHADU ILAYKA WA ANAL FAQEERU ILAYKA WA ILAA RAHMATIK, FAYAA MAY WA-A'DA FAWAFAA, WA AW-A'DA FA-A'FAA, IGHFIR LEE KHATAAYAAY, WA A'FU WARHAM WA ANTA KHAYRUR RAAHIMEEN

O Allah, my seeking Your forgiveness while persisting in sin is itself baseness, and my abandoning that seeking of forgiveness — despite knowing the vastness of Your generosity and mercy — is helplessness. How often, my Lord, do You show me love though You have no need of me, and how often do I show hostility toward You though I am in need of You and Your mercy! O He Who promises and fulfills, and threatens yet pardons — forgive me my sins, pardon me, and have mercy on me, for You are the best of the merciful.

Verses on Istighfar (Surah Nuh)

Surah Nuh, verses 10-12:

اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا

ISTAGHFIROO RABBAKUM INNAHU KAANA GHAFFAARAA

Ask forgiveness of your Lord; verily He is Ever-Forgiving,

يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا

YURSILIS SAMAAA-A A'LAYKUM MIDRAARAA

He will send down abundant rain upon you from the sky,

وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا

WA YUMDIDKUM BI-AMWAALIW WA BANEENA WA YAJ-A'L LAKUM JANNAATIW WA YAJ-A'L LAKUM ANHAARAA

and aid you with wealth and children, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.