الاستغفارات المنقذة من النار

Al-Istighfarat al-Munqidha min al-Nar

Prayers for Forgiveness that Save from the Hellfire!

By: Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد بن وحيد

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمدلله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على اشرف الانبياء وسيدالمرسلين نبينا محمد صل ا لله عليه وعلى آله واصحابه وازواجه اجمعين - امابعد

All the praises and thanks be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to be the most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.

Many Muslims want to seek forgiveness and cherish the thought of being purified, but do not know how to embark on this path. For instance they do not know what words to use or what to seek forgiveness for; or they have forgotten about many sins they have committed or perhaps deem many of them trivial and insignificant; or they simply think there is no need to seek forgiveness. But the mercy of Allaah is so greatly infinite and His position so grand, that rather than immediately punishing us, He has granted us a grace period in which to seek forgiveness for our sins. And as if that were not enough, Allaah then gave us the means by which to wipe away our sins and their negative effects. These are called supplications of forgiveness (istighfarat استغفارات). They are found in the Glorious Qur’aan at many places. This is yet another evidence that one does not need “Jesus” to be saved, As Muslim, one can save himself directly being his or her own savior. I have seen non-Muslims and Muslims always using off target Ayaat from the Glorious Qur’aan to argue about the salvation and/or mercy in Islaam, while they are clueless about the obvious ones, for example:

Surah Az-Zumar 53-54

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ (53) وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ (54)

Say: "O ‘Ibâdî (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allâh: verily, Allâh forgives all sins. Truly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. ^{1}

{1} (V.39:53) A) Also See (V.9:121). B) (V.22:27). C) & (V.25:70). "And turn in repentance and in obedience with true Faith (Islâmic Monotheism) to your Lord and submit to Him (in Islâm) before the torment comes upon you, (and) then you will not be helped.

Readers can find many best duas and/or istighfarat استغفارات for forgiveness, which save from the Hellfire in Glorious Qur’aan in the following Ayaat (beside at many other places):

2:201; 2:250; 2:286; 3:8; 3:147; 3:192; 3:193; 3:194; 7:23; 7:47; 7:89; 7:126; 10:85; 10:86; 14:38; 18:10; 25:74; 40:7; 40:8; 44:12; 59:10; 60:4 and 66:8. Beside these I have also cited following prayers (from حسن البصرى رحمة الله عليه) for forgiveness that saves from Hellfire, which are followed by their transliteration.

1. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin that my body, empowered by the good health that You had granted, was able to commit; every sin that came within the reaches of my power only due to the grace of Your bounties; every sin to which my hand, nourished by Your ample sustenance, extended. And while sinning, I hid myself behind Your veil from the people; and when fearing You, while engrossed in my sin, I relied on Your assurance of safety and forgiveness; and I took refuge in You, with Your clemency, not to smite me, and I depended on You, with Your noble countenance and pardon, to forgive me.

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambin qawiya ‘alayhi badani bi ‘afiyatik(a), wa nalat-hu qudrati bi fadli ni’matik(a), wa ‘mbasatat ilayhi yadi bi si‘ati rizqik(a), wa ‘htajabtu ‘ani n-nasi bi sitrik)a), wa ttakaltu fihi ‘inda khawfi minka ‘ala amanik(a), wa wathiqtu min satwatika ‘alayya fihi bi hilmik(a), wa ‘awwaltu fihi ‘ala karami wajhika wa ‘afwik)a). Fa salli ya Rabbi wa sallim wa barik ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammad(in), wa ‘ala ali Sayyidina Muhammad(in), wa ghfirhu li ya Khayra ‘l-ghafirin(a).

2. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin that invites me toward Your anger, or draws me near to Your displeasure, or makes me inclined to that which You have prohibited, or distances me from [the bliss and success] to which Your have invited me.

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambin yad’u ila ghadabik(a), aw yudni min sakhatik(a), aw yamilu bi ila ma nahaytani ‘anh(u), aw yuba’iduni ‘amma da’awtani ilayhi(i)

3. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin into which I, out of my deviance, lured one of Your creation; or which I, with my cunning, deceived him into doing; hence, teaching him such wicked deeds that he was previously unaware of, and making attractive to him those that he was aware of. Now, I am to meet You tomorrow, with my burden of sins along with the burdens of others’ sins.

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambin aslamtu ilayhi ahadan min khalqika bi ghawayati, aw khada’tuhu bi hilati, fa ‘allamtuhu minhu ma jahil(a), wa zayyantu lahu ma qad ‘alim(a), wanlaqituka ghadam bi awzari wa awzarin ma’a awzari.

4. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin in which I exhausted my limbs, by day and by night—all the while keeping myself hidden, out of shame form Your servants, with Your covering over me; and indeed, there is nothing to cover my sins except what You cover me with.

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambin at’abtu fihi jawarihi fi layli wa nahari, wa qadi ‘statartu haya’an min ‘ibadika bi sitrik(a), wa la sitra illa ma satartani bih(i).

5. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin for which I presented my repentance before You; and regarding which I stood before You swearing on oath in Your name and called Your friends from among Your servants to be my witnesses—that I would never return to disobeying You. But when Satan with his cunning tempted me to return to it; and Your forsaking me [due to Your anger over my impiety] causing me to [despairingly] waver toward it; and my lower self invited me to disobey you once more; I hid myself in shame form Your servants, but openly and daringly committed sins before You, though I knew full well that no covering nor any closed door could conceal me from You and no veil could hid me from Your sight. I still defied You by disobediently doing what You had prohibited to me; but [despite my iniquity], You did not remove Your covering from me, but rather treated me equal to Your pious servants, as though I had always been an obedient servant and swift to fulfill Your every command and fearful of Your warnings. I remained obscure in front of Your servants, and none besides You knew my secret. You did not single me out from Your servants with a mark of disgrace, but instead showered upon me blessings like theirs; and with this You distinguished me over them as though I were, in Your sight, of a status like theirs. All this was owing only of Your forbearance and abundant blessings—generous grace from You to me. For You then, O my Lord, belongs all praise. I ask from You, O Allah, just as You have covered my evil deeds in this world, that You do not humiliate me with them on the Day of Judgment. [Forgive my sins,] O Most Merciful of the merciful!

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambin qaddamtu ilayka tawbati minh(u), wa wajahtuka bi qasami bik(a), wa ash-hattu ‘ala nafsi bi dhalika awliya’aka min ‘ibadika anni ghayru ‘a’idin ila ma’siyatik(a) , fa lamma qasadani ilayhi bi kaydihi ‘sh-shaytan(u), wa mala bi ilayhi ‘l-khudhlan(u), wa da’atni nafsi ila ‘l-‘isyan(i), istatartu haya’an min ‘ibadika jara’atan minni ‘alayk(a), wa ana a’lamu annahu la yukinnuni minka sitrun wa la bab(un), wa la yahjubu nazarak hijab(un), fa khalaftuka fi ‘l-ma’siyati ila ma nahaytani ‘anh(u), thumma ma kashafta ‘s-sitr(a), wa sawaytani bi awliya’ik(a), ka’anni la azalu laka muti’an, wa ila amrika musri’an, wa min wa’idika fazi’an, fa bavistu ‘ala ‘ibadik(a), wa la ya lamu sarirati ghayruk(a), fa lam tasimni bi ghayri simatihim, bal asbaghta ‘alayya mithla ni’matihim, thumma faddaltani bi dhalika ‘alayhim ka’anni ‘indaka fi darjatihim, wa ma dhaka illa li hilmika wa fadli ni’ matika fadlan minka ‘alayy(a). Fa laka ‘l-hamdu ya Mawlay(a). Fa as’aluka ya Allahu kama satartahu ‘alayya fi ‘d-dunya, alla tafda-hani bihi yawma ‘l-qiyamati, ya Arhama ‘r-rahimin(a).

6. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin that will blacken my face on the day when the faces of Your friends will be whitened and the faces of Your enemies will be blackened—when Your enemies will turn, one against another, in reproach, and You will say, “Dispute not with each other in My presence, for I have already sent to you advanced warning” (al-Qur’aan 50:28).

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambini yurithu sawada 'l-wajhi yawma tabyaddu wujuhu awliya’ika wa taswaddu wujuhu a’da’ik(a), idh aqbala ba’duhum ‘ala ba’din yatalawamun(a), fa taqul(u): la takhtasimu ladayya wa qad qaddamtu ilaykum bi ‘lwa’id(i).

7. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin in doing which I concealed myself from Your servants in the light of day but openly and daringly opposed You by committing in the darkness of night. This I did despite knowing that secrets are open to You, and that the hidden is exposed to You, and that nothing can protect me from Your punishment, nor can anything—neither my wealth nor my children –avail me before You, except that I come to You with a sound heart.

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambini ‘stakhfaytu bihi fi daw’I ‘n-nahari ‘ an ‘ibadik(a), wa baraztuka bihi fi zulmati ‘l-layli jara’atam minni alayk(a), ‘ala anni a’lamu anna s-sirra ‘indaka ‘alaniya(tun), wa anna ‘l-khafiyyata ‘indaka bariza(tun), wa annahu la yamna’uni minka mani(un), wa la yanfa’uni ‘indaka nafi’um mim malin wa banin(a), illa an atatytuka bi qalbin salim(in).

8. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin to which fear of someone besides You drove me, and it [the fear] called me to earnestly entreat one of Your creation or inclined me to yearn for what others besides You possessed—so I preferred to obey them and disobey You in order to lay hand on what they had, though I was aware that I am in need of You and that I am never free and independent of Your support.

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambini hamalani ‘alayhi ‘l-khawfu min ghayrik(a), wa da ani ila ‘t-tadarru’i li ahadin min khalqik(a), awi ‘stamalani ila ‘t-tama’i fima ‘inda ghayrik(a), fa athartu ta’atahu fi ma ‘siyatika ‘stijlaban lima fi yadayh(i), wa ana a’lamu bi hajati ilayka kama la ghina li ank(a).

9. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin that Your pen recorded and Your knowledge encompassed—every one that I have committed and that I am to commit until the end of my life. I seek Your forgiveness for all my sins: the first and the last, the intentional and the unintentional, the few and the many, the minor and the major, the subtle and the noticeable, the past and the recent, the secret and the open and public—and all those I am to commit throughout my life.

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambini jara bihi qalamuk(a), wa ahata bihi ‘lmuka fiyya wa’ alayya ila akhiri ‘umri, wa li jami’i dhunubi kulliha, awwaliha wa akhiriha, ‘amdiha wa khata’iha, qaliliha wa kathiriha, saghiriha wa kabiriha, daqiqiha wa jaliliha, qadimiha wa hadithiha, sirriha wa jahriha wa ‘alaniyatiha, wa lima ana mudhnibun fi jami’i ‘umri.

10. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin of mine. I ask You to forgive me all the injustices against Your servants that You have enumerated against me; for Your servants have against me many claims of violated rights and injustices to which I am held captive. O Allah, even if these evil deeds of mine are many in number, they are a paltry few in sight of Your forgiveness. O Allah, any male or female servant of Yours who has against me a claim of injustice, that I forcefully seized form him something of his land or wealth or honor or body—whether he was absent or present, or whether he or his representatives demanded from me compensation for it but neither was I able to return it to him nor did I seek to be pardoned for it—I ask that You, with Your benevolence, generosity, and abundant treasures, satisfy them on my behalf; and do not give them over me power to take away and decrease my good deeds. For indeed, You possess what can satisfy them on my behalf, and I do not. And do not make a way for their bad deeds to overcome my good deeds on the Day of Judgment.

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambini li, wa as’aluka an taghfira li ma ahsayta ‘alayya min mazalimi ‘l-‘ibadi qibali, fa inna li ‘ibadika ‘alayya huquqan wa mamazalim wa ana biha murtahin(un). Allahumma wa in kanat kathiratan fa innaha fi jambi ‘afwika yasira(un). Allahumma ayyuma ‘abdin min ibadika aw amatim min ima’ika kanat lahu mazlimatun ‘indi, qad ghasabtuhu ‘alayha fi ardihi aw malihi aw ‘irdihi aw badanig(i). Aw ghaba aw hadara huwa aw khasmuhu yutalibuni biha wa lam astati’ an aruddaha ilayhi wa lam astahlilha minh(u), fa as’aluka bi karamika wa judika wa si’ati ma ‘inda(a), an turdiyahum ‘anni, wa la taj’al lahum ‘alayya shay’an munaqqisatam min hasanati, fa inna ‘indak ma yurdihim, wa laysa ‘indi ma yurdihim, wa la taj’al yawma ‘l-qiyamati li sayyi’atihim ‘ala hasanati sabilan.

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