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Al-Hasan Al-Basry – Asking for Forgiveness

Sunday

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I knew I did, then I forgot or remembered, whether I did willfully or unintentionally, which You will hold me liable for even if I forget it and my inner self fails to remember it,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I confronted You with, certain that You were seeing me, and intended to repent but failed to remember to ask for forgiveness and Satan made me forget about it,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I committed knowingly because of my aspiration that You will not punish me, and I pleaded to You so I ventured into it, and my inner self counted on its knowledge of Your Generosity that You will not expose me after You veiled my doing it,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I committed knowingly because of my aspiration that You will not punish me, and I pleaded to You so I ventured into it, and my inner self counted on its knowledge of Your Generosity that You will not expose me after You veiled my doing it,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that brings afflictions and sorrows, and begets indignation and calamities, and results in misery and regret on Judgement Day,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that is followed by misery and regret, and blocks Your favors, and turns down prayers (duaa),…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin my words praised, or I longed and lusted for, or I endorsed and said, or did, or wrote, or committed, or tempted anyone into doing,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I did in the privacy of my nights or days, and took cover so no one sees me doing it save You, O Mighty, and was reluctant in doing it and hesitated between abandoning it in fear of You or doing it out of good expectations from You, and my inner self enticed me to commit it while I knew I was disobeying You,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I trivialized but You magnified, and I belittled but You amplified, and my ignorance led me to,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin by which I misled any of Your people, or wronged any of Your creatures, or which was beautified to me by my inner self, or I unintentionally showed to others, or deliberately insisted on, or unknowingly persisted in,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

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Al-Hasan Al-Basry – Asking for Forgiveness

Saturday

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that distracted me away from what You guided me to, or ordered me to do, or forbade me from doing or directed me to do; which would have included benefit and reaching Your acceptance and following Your love and preferring Your closeness,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I forgot but You counted, and I neglected but You documented, and I boasted about but You concealed, and if I had repented You would have forgiven,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that made me expect Your immediate punishment, but You deferred it and blessed me with concealment that I easily blew,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin You forbade but I disobeyed You, and You warned of but I did not heed, and You showed the ugliness of but my inner self beautified it to me,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that dismisses Your Mercy, or brings down Your wrath, or prevents Your Grace, or removes Your favors,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin by which I altered or annoyed any of Your people,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I repented, then went back to doing, and was ashamed of You while doing and feared You, yet continued and went back to,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that angered You at me, and for everything I should have done because of a pledge I made or a promise I made then broke for no reason other than my arrogance,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I was able to commit because of a grace You bestowed upon me, but which I used in disobeying You and violating Your orders and disregarding Your warnings,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin during which I preferred my lust to obeying You, and preferred what I love over Your order, so I satisfied my inner self by angering You and subjected it to Your punishment, for You had prohibited and and notified, and warned to hold me accountable. For this I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

Al-Hasan Al-Basry – Asking for Forgiveness

Friday

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin my body was able to commit through the strength You provided, and my ability reached through Your Graces, and my hand was extended to through the vastness of Your blessing, and while committing it I was veiled from people by Your concealment, and while doing it, my fear of You counted on Your shelter, and Your tolerance made me secure from Your Might, and I relied on Your Generosity and Clemency,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that begets Your anger, or brings near Your discontent, or takes me close to what You forbade, or distances me from what You ordered,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I lured any of Your people to commit through my tempting, or tricked them through my deceit, and taught them what was not known of it, or beautified to them the evil in it, and I meet You tomorrow with my wrongdoings in addition the wrongdoings of others,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that calls for evil and deviates from reason, and decreases prosperity and extinguishes zikr and diminishes Lordly supply,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I exhausted myself committing during my days and nights, while veiled, in shame, from people by Your concealment, for there is no concealment except Yours,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that was observed by my enemies but You diverted their harm and did not aid them disgracing me as though I was obedient, and supported me against them as though I was an ally. Till when, O Lord, do I disobey and You grace me? and I have frequently disobeyed and You did not punish me, and I kept asking of You despite my wrongdoing and You gave me. What thanks can I provide that repay a single favor You provided me?…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I repented for doing, and swore to You and held Your allies witness that I will never go back to disobeying You; but when Satan shrewdly took hold of me, and my self-betrayal inclined me, and my inner self called on me for disobedience, I hid in shyness from people, without fear of You, despite knowing that no veil or door will hide me from You, for nothing conceals Your Vision. And so I disobeyed You, but You did not expose or reveal me, and in appearance held me equal to Your allies as if I were still obedient, following Your orders and avoiding Your prohibitions; which made me mistakenly accepted by Your pious worshipers, while no one knows my truth save You. You did not brand me with anything other than they did, and You even granted me the same favors You granted them as if I were in the same status as they were. All this is only due to Your Clemency and Grace upon me. So as You concealed my sin in this world, I beg You, O Lord, not to disgrace me with it on Judgement Day, O Most Merciful of all the merciful,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I spent a night of lust planning and committing, and in the morning I come to You wearing robes of piety while meaning other than obeying You, O Lord of the Worlds,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin through which I brought injustice to any of Your allies, or through which I supported any of Your enemies, or during which I spoke of anything other than Your love, or attempted other than obeying You, or followed anything other than Your order,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that begets turmoil and brings calamity, and elates the enemies, and uncovers the lid, and blocks the flow of graceful drops from the sky,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive them, O Best Forgiver.

Abu Hamed Al-Ghazali: Selections from: “O Loving Son” (Ayyuha Al-Walad)

“Ay Farzand” (O loving son!) is a short book of counsel that Ghazali wrote for one of his students. The book was written in Persian, and was translated to Arabic early on, entitled “ayyuha al-walad al-muhibb“. (Walad can be translated to “son”, “boy”, “youth”, “young man”, and we chose “son” for this translation). A student of Imam Al-Ghazali, who spent many years studying different branches of religious knowledge, wrote to ask him what would be of real help to him and would illuminate his grave, and what would not be of benefit to him on the Day of Judgment, so that he could refrain from as Sayyidina Mohammed (Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam) said in the Hadith: “I seek Allah’s refuge from a knowledge which is of no benefit”. He wrote a letter to Al-Ghazali with the view of getting an answer to his questions. Furthermore, he asked him in his letter to teach him a supplication that he could always recite. He wrote in his letter that although Imam Al-Ghazali has written numerous books on this issue such as Ihya’ Ulum al-Din (The Revival of Religious Sciences), “Kimiya as-Sa’ada” (Alchemy of Happiness), “Jawahir ul-Quran” (Gems of the Quran), etc., he was still in need of a short manuscript that he could always study and carry around, and that would accompany him to his grave. In reply to his letter, Imam Al-Ghazali wrote him a letter starting with “O loving son” of which we selected the following:

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Praise and gratitude be to Allah, The Lord of all worlds, and the best end is for the pious, and prayers and peace and blessings upon His prophet Mohammed and all his family.

The Importance of Deeds

O beloving son, may The Lord prolog your life in His obedience, and take you along the path of His loved ones. Know well that advice should come from the essence of Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam’s Message. If my advice has already reached you, what do you need new advice for? And if it did not, then tell me: what have you been learning these past years? From among all that Rasulullah, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam advised his nation, is his saying: “A sign that The Lord ignores His slave [abd] is that he busies himself in what does not concern him; and if a man wastes an hour of his life in doing other than what he was created for, he definitely deserves that his grief be prolonged, and whoever has passed forty without his good surpassing his evil should start preparing for hellfire”. This advice should suffice whoever is knowledgeable.

O son, advice is easy, but what is difficult is accepting it. Those following whim find advise bitter tasting, because their hearts love what is prohibited; specially the one who seeks acquiring formal knowledge, and is busy satisfying his self [nafs] and exploiting the world, thinking that pure knowledge is his path to salvation, and that he can dispense with deeds and acts. This arrogant one does not know that when he acquires knowledge, if he does not act in accordance to it, the proof and evidence against him is more definite, as Rasulullah, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam said “The person most severely punished on the day of resurrection is the knowledgeable whom The Lord Almighty does not allow the benefit of his knowledge.”

Abul-Qasim Al-Junayd, may The Lord sanctify him, appeared in a dream after his death, and was asked “What is the news, O Abul-Qasim?” He replied, “All our statements and signals perished and vanished to nothing, and nothing benefited us except some prayers we made in the middle of the night.”

O son, do not be without deeds; and be assured that knowledge alone will not help you. (the following verse emphsizes that it is the action and the deed and not the preparedness that counts) If you measure two thousand ounces of wine,  you will not be elated and ecstatic if you did not drink.

If you studied a hundred years and collected a thousand books, you would not be ready for The Lord Almighty’s mercy except by your acts and deeds, as The Lord Almighty said: “and that man shall have only what he [himself] strives for [53:39]” and “…So whoever hopes to encounter his Lord, let him do righteous work … [18:110]” and “whereas those who repent and believe and act righteously – such shall enter Paradise and shall not be wronged in any way [19:60]”

Faith is statement by the tongue and belief in the heart and acts and deeds of the body. The value of a good deed is beyond counting. Although the slave [abd] enters heaven by The Lord Almighty’s favor and generosity, this is after he readies by obedience and worship; “surely the mercy of God is near to the virtuous [7:56]” Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: The Lord Almighty tells his slaves [abd] on resurrection day “My slaves [abd], enter into heaven by my mercy and share if according to your deeds.”

O son, if you do not work, you will not find reward.

O son, how many sleepless nights have you passed acquiring knowledge and reading books? If your motive was reaching worldly aims and boasting over your peers, then woe to you. But if your motive was following the path of the prophet, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, and breaking your self [nafs] that commands to evil, then bless you. And the poet was truthful who said: Sleeplessness of the eyes for other than Your Face is a waste And their weeping for other than Your loss is in vain

O son, live as long you please, you will definitely die. And love whatever you wish, you will definitely part with it. And do whatever you will, you will definitely be rewarded for it!

O son, knowledge without action is pure insanity and actions without knowledge is impossible.

And know that knowledge which today does not prohibit and prevent you from sin, and does not impel you to be obedient, will not distance you tomorrow from hellfire. If your knowledge does not result in your performing your duties and good deeds of today, and your fulfilling what was missed of your duties of the past, you will definitely say tomorrow on resurrection day: “…‘Our Lord! We have seen and heard. So send us back so that we may act righteously, …. [32:12]” where you will be told: O stupid: this is where you just came from.

The value of night prayer:

O son, if pure knowledge was enough for you and you did not need other deeds, then His call (in the later part of each night): “Is there anyone asking (for Me to give)? Is there anyone asking forgiveness (for Me to forgive)? Is there anyone who repents (for Me to Pardon)?” would have been without value. It is related that some the companions of Rasulullah, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, mentioned `Abdullah Ibn Omar before him, and he said, “An excellent man is he if he would pray at night”. And he said, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, to a man from his companions, “do not sleep a lot at night, for a lot of night sleep leaves the person poor in the day of resurrection.”

O son; “And for a part of the night, keep vigil therewith as a supererogatory [devotion] for you [17:79]” is an order; “and at dawns they used to seek forgiveness, [51:18]”is a praise; “and the imploring God’s pardon at daybreak. [3:17] “ is a [zikr]. Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, said,? “Three voices The Lord Almighty loves: the voice of the rooster and the voice of the one reading the Qur’an, and the voice of those seeking forgiveness at daybreak.”

Sufyan Al-Thawri said “The Lord Almighty created a breeze which blows at daybreak, to carry the [zikr] and the [istighfar] (asking for forgiveness) to the Mighty King”. And he also said “At the beginning of each night, a caller calls from beneath the Throne: may the worshipers wake up and rise! and they rise and pray for as long as The Lord Almighty wills; then a caller calls at midnight, may the obedient wake up and rise arise! and they rise and pray till dawn; and at dawn, a caller calls, may those asking forgiveness wake up and rise! and they rise and seek forgiveness; and then when day breaks, a caller calls, may the negligent and inattentive wake up and rise! and they rise from their beds as the dead resurrected from their graves.”

O son, Luqman the Wise in his advice to his son said, “O son, let not the rooster be smarter than you – he cries at dawn while you sleep!”

Al-Shibli, may The Lord’s mercy be upon him, served four hundred professors and said: “I read four thousand Hadiths; of which I selected a single Hadith by which I live; for I examined it and found in it my salvation and safety, and that it included all the knowledge of the first and the last. It is that Rasulullah, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, said to one of his-companions, “Work for your world according to how much you will live in it, and work for your afterlife according to how long you will stay in it; and work for The Lord Almighty according to how much you need Him, and work for hellfire according to how much you will endure it.”

About Sufism

O son: know that Sufism entails two characteristics: Honesty with The Lord Almighty, and tranquility with the people; Whoever is honest, and improves his character with the people, and treats them with tolerance, is a Sufi. And honesty is that he sacrifices his self’s [nafs] fortune to follow The Lord Almighty’s orders; and proper character with people is that you do not oblige them to follow your self’s ([nafs]’s) desire, but you oblige your self ([nafs]) to their desires as long as they are compliant with [shariaa].

You asked me about slavery: it is three things: the first, compliance with the orders of [shariaa]; the second, accepting destiny and The Lord Almighty’s decisions; the third, giving up your self [nafs] desires to seek pleasing The Lord Almighty. You asked me about entrusting: it is enforcing your faith in what The Lord Almighty has promised, and believing that what He has destined for you will definitely reach you, even if everyone in the world tries to prevent it; and that what He has not destined will not reach you, even if all the whole world helps you. You asked me about sincerity: it is that all your deeds be done for the sake of The Lord Almighty, your heart not finding solace to praise from people, and not caring for their insults. And know that the origin of hypocrisy is in glorifying people, and its remedy is regarding them as being enslaved to The Power, and to be sure that they unable of delivering any benefit or harm. If you assume that they have any power or might, hypocrisy will not part with you.

O son,…, freely give your soul, for the epic of this path is in freely giving and donating the soul; as Dhul-Nun al-Misri, may The Lord have mercy on him, told one of the students, “If you are able to freely give your soul, then come (join us); otherwise then do not waste your time in Sufism .”

Don’t Boast Your Knowledge

O son: ….. as much as you can do not dispute an issue, for this entails many afflictions, and brings more sin than benefit, for it is the origin of every ugly trait: as hypocrisy and envy and grandiosity and hate and animosity and pride and others…..If your intention is that the truth appears and not be lost, a dispute can be permissible but with two conditions: the first is that it makes no difference for you whether the truth is revealed through you or through the other party; and the second is that you prefer dispute in private over disputing in public.

And know that questioning and disputing is an ailment of the heart, and answering is an attempt to cure it; and the ignorant are sick in the heart, and the scholars are their doctors; and a deficient scholar will not heal well; and the real scholar will not treat everyone, but treats who is hoped to benefit and to be cured; and if the ailment is incurable, the smart scholar would say that this person is hopeless and does not waste his time in attempting to cure him. Then know that … of the incurable ailments is that of the person whose question or objection comes from his envy and hate. Whenever you give him the best answers to his questions, he only increases in hate and hostility and envy. The solution is to ignore him, as was said: Every animosity can be hoped to be removed except the animosity arising out of envy

So you ought to ignore him and leave him with his sickness. The Lord Almighty said, “Withdraw from whoever turns away from our warning and desires nothing except the present life.” And the envious, with everything he says and does is lighting a fire into his good deeds, as the Prophet, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam said: “Envy devours good deeds as fire devours wood.”

O son: heed this and contemplate it so that you may find salvation: If you are told that the Sultan would come visit you in a week, I know that during this time you would only busy yourself by fixing what the Sultan would see, of clothing and body and house and furniture and others. And now contemplate what I refer to, for you are smart, and a short phrase suffices the shrewd. Rasulullah, Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, said: “The Lord Almighty does not regard your shapes or your acts, but He regards your hearts and your intentions.”

Supplication And pray using this supplication in all times, specially at the end of your prayers:

O Lord, I beg You to grant me graces that are complete and chastity that is permanent and mercy that is comprehensive and health that is attainable and a living that is most affluent and a life that is most pleasant and benevolence that is most conclusive and blessing that is most sweet and gentleness that is most beneficial. O Lord, please be for us and do not be against us. O Lord, please conclude with happiness our term, and fulfill more than our hopes, and grant us good health for our days and nights, and meet our destiny and fate with Your mercy, and pour Your utmost forgiveness over our sins, and grace us by fixing our flaws, and make piety our provision, and allow us striving in Your religion, and make us trust in You and depend upon You.   O Lord, please establish us on the path of correctness and integrity, and shield us in this world from all that beget regret on resurrection day, and decrease the burden of our sins, and grant us the life of the pious, and alleviate all our concerns in this home (this world) and that home (the afterlife), and divert the evil of the wicked and the scheming of the immoral from upon us, and emancipate us and our fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters from hellfire, with your mercy, O Mighty [Azeez], O Forgiving [Ghaffar]   O Generous [Kareem], O Concealer of Flaws [Sattar]. O Creator of day and night, please free us of the concerns about this world and form the torture of the grave and from hellfire, O Knower [Aleem] O Compeller [Jabbar]. O Allah, O Allah, O Allah;   With Your Mercy O Most Merciful of the merciful, O First of the firsts, O Last of the lasts, O Most Powerful, O Steadfast; O Merciful to the miserable, O Most Merciful of the merciful. There is No God save You, [Subhanaka] (glory to Thee) I have been among the unjust. And may the lord send prayers upon Sayyidina Mohammed, and upon all his family and companions; and thanks and praise to Allah, The Lord of both worlds.

Al-Hasan Al-Basry’s Askings for Forgiveness

Thusday

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that desecrates what You purified of me, or exposes what You concealed about me, or uglifies what You beautified in me,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin through which Your pledge is not attained, and Your anger is not avoided, and Your Mercy does not pour, and Your favors do not last,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin through which Your pledge is not attained, and Your anger is not avoided, and Your Mercy does not pour, and Your favors do not last,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that brings ignoring Your mention (zikr) or is followed by neglect to Your warning, or increase in feeling secure from Your plotting, or brings loss of hope for Your Graces,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin that I committed because of my blaming You for the delay in sustenance, and my complaining and resenting, and my inclination to Your people by humbling myself and pleading to them, while You made me hear You saying in Your clear and precise Book: “yet they did not humble themselves to their Lord, nor did they devote themselves to prayer (23:76),…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I committed because of a hardship during which I asked for aid and begged for help from someone else, and sought the support of one of Your people,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin I committed because of my fear of someone else, or which caused me to plead for someone else, or lured me to greed for what someone else has, so I preferred to obey him and disobey You, to obtain what he has, despite knowing my need for and dependence on You,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin my inner self set me up to, and belittled and diminished it till it entangled me with it,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every sin Your Pen destined and Your knowledge encompassed till the end of my time, and for all my sins, my first and last, my deliberate and my unintentional, their few and their plenty, their minute and their gross, the old and the new, the secret and the overt, and what I am guilty of for all my life,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg You to forgive every one of my sins, and I beg You to forgive every injustice I brought on any person, for I owe Your people a lot of dues and injustices for which I am accountable. O Lord, if they are many, they belittle in front of Your Pardon.

O Lord, and if I owe any of Your people any injustice I forced upon them whether in their property or money or honor or body, whether dead or absent or present, and he came asking for his right and I could not return it and was not pardoned by him, I ask You by Your Generosity and Grace and by the expanse of what You have to repay them back on my behalf, and don’t make me owe anything that will reduce my deeds; for You have what satisfies them and I do not; and do not make their injustices overcome my good deeds on judgement day,…so please O Lord, send prayers, greetings and blessings upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and forgive him, O Best Forgiver.

O Lord, I beg for Your Forgiveness in this time for myself, my parents and all the believers, men and women, the living of them and the dead, for You are our only support till eternity; and please forgive us what has and will occur till judgement day, “And their final prayer will be: ‘Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds’.” (10:10)

I beg for the forgiveness of The Lord, whom there is no God except Him, The Living, The Eternal, and I repent to Him a repentance that increases with every eye blink, and with every breath, a hundred thousand times, that lasts with the lasting of The Lord who is Everlasting, without termination or end, for eternal ever. Begging You to accept, O He, O whom there is no God save He.

O Lord, please send prayers upon Sayyidina Mohammed and the family of Sayyidina Mohammed and send abundant peace and greetings, prayers that continue as long as You, and last as long as You, and which never end without Your knowledge; prayers that satisfy You and gratify him, and through which You are pleased with me, O Lord of all worlds, and thanks and gratitude to the Lord for this. “Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of Might, above what they describe. And peace upon the messengers. And praise to Allah, Lord of all worlds.” [37:180-182]