Forgiveness & Repentance

My Lord, Forgive Me

Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 1516

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

Transliteration

Rabbighfir li wa tub 'alayya, innaka antat-tawwabur-rahim.

Translation

My Lord, forgive me and accept my repentance. You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

What this dua means

You call on Allah by His names of forgiveness because He loves to forgive.

When to read it

Say it often through the day as a steady habit of istighfar.

Its virtue

The Prophet would repeat it a hundred times in a single sitting.