234. Dua e Masura #4 (Allahumma Inni Zalamtu Nafsi)
Narrated by Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (RA): I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to teach me a dua so that I may invoke Allah with it in my prayer. He told me to say:
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِيْ ظُلْمًا كَثِيْرًا وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَارْحَمْنِيْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ
Dua e Masura English Transliteration
Allaahumma 'innee dhalamtu nafsee dhulman katheeran, wa laa yaghfirudh-dhunooba 'illaa 'Anta, faghfir lee maghfiratan min 'indika warhamnee 'innaka 'Antal-Ghafoorur-Raheem
Dua e Masura English Translation
O Allah, I have greatly wronged myself and no one forgives sins but You. So, grant me forgiveness and have mercy on me. Surely, you are Forgiving, Merciful.
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلاَتِي، قَالَ: "قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِندِكَ، وَارْحَمْنِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ".
Narrated Abu Bakr As-Siddiq: I said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), "Teach me a supplication which I may say in my prayer." He said: "Say: O Allah, indeed I have wronged myself greatly, and none forgives sins except You, so grant me forgiveness from You, and have mercy on me. Indeed, You are the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Sahih al-Bukhari 834)