Forgiveness

Do Not Blame Us When We Forget

Source: Qur'an 2:286 (excerpt)

رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا

Transliteration

Rabbanā lā tu'ākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭa'nā.

Translation

Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.

What this dua means

We forget. We slip. This dua asks Allah not to hold our mistakes against us — and He has promised He won't.

When to read it

After any mistake, and every night as part of the last two verses of Al-Baqarah.

Virtue

In a hadith qudsi, when the servant says these words, Allah replies: 'I have granted it.' (Sahih Muslim 126)