749. Dua for Forgiveness and Repentance (Tawbah)
Dua for Forgiveness and Repentance in Arabic
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَىَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيْمُ
Dua for Forgiveness and Repentance English Transliteration
Rabbighfirli wa tub `alayya innaka Antat-Tawwabur-Rahim
Dua for Forgiveness and Repentance English Translation
O Allah forgive me and accept my repentance, for You are the Accepter of repentance, the Most Merciful.
Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar (RA): We counted that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say a hundred times during a meeting: (The dua is mentioned above)
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْمَجْلِسِ الْوَاحِدِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ " رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَىَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ " .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: We counted that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say a hundred times during a meeting: "My Lord, forgive me and pardon me; Thou art the Pardoning and forgiving One". [Sahih (Albani). Abu Dawud: 1516]