Duas for Tawbah and Repentance
Duas from the Quran and passages about returning to Allah after sin, seeking forgiveness, and remaining steadfast in repentance.
ربنا ظلمنا انفسنا وان لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكونن من الخاسرين ٢٣
رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ٢٣
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
ظَلَمۡنَآ
ẓalamnā
أَنفُسَنَا
anfusanā
وَإِن
wa-in
لَّمۡ
lam
تَغۡفِرۡ
taghfir
لَنَا
lanā
وَتَرۡحَمۡنَا
watarḥamnā
لَنَكُونَنَّ
lanakūnanna
مِنَ
mina
ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
٢٣
... “Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will certainly be losers.”
رب اغفر لي ولاخي وادخلنا في رحمتك وانت ارحم الراحمين ١٥١
رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِأَخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِكَ ۖ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ١٥١
رَبِّ
rabbi
ٱغۡفِرۡ
igh'fir
لِي
lī
وَلِأَخِي
wali-akhī
وَأَدۡخِلۡنَا
wa-adkhil'nā
فِي
fī
رَحۡمَتِكَۖ
raḥmatika
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
أَرۡحَمُ
arḥamu
ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
l-rāḥimīna
١٥١
... “My Lord! Forgive me and my brother! And admit us into Your mercy. You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.”
انت ولينا فاغفر لنا وارحمنا وانت خير الغافرين ١٥٥ ۞ واكتب لنا في هاذه الدنيا حسنة وفي الاخرة انا هدنا اليك
أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَ ١٥٥ ۞ وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًۭ وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۚ
أَنتَ
anta
وَلِيُّنَا
waliyyunā
فَٱغۡفِرۡ
fa-igh'fir
لَنَا
lanā
وَٱرۡحَمۡنَاۖ
wa-ir'ḥamnā
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
خَيۡرُ
khayru
ٱلۡغَٰفِرِينَ
l-ghāfirīna
١٥٥
۞ وَٱكۡتُبۡ
wa-uk'tub
لَنَا
lanā
فِي
fī
هَٰذِهِ
hādhihi
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
l-dun'yā
حَسَنَةٗ
ḥasanatan
وَفِي
wafī
ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
إِنَّا
innā
هُدۡنَآ
hud'nā
إِلَيۡكَۚ
ilayka
... “My Lord! Had You willed, You could have destroyed them long ago, and me as well. Will You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is only a test from You—by which You allow whoever You will to stray and guide whoever You will. You are our Guardian. So forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the best forgiver. (155) Ordain for us what is good in this life and the next. Indeed, we have turned to You ˹in repentance˺.” ... (156)
رب اني اعوذ بك ان اسالك ما ليس لي به علم والا تغفر لي وترحمني اكن من الخاسرين ٤٧
رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ٤٧
رَبِّ
rabbi
إِنِّيٓ
innī
أَعُوذُ
aʿūdhu
بِكَ
bika
أَنۡ
an
أَسۡـَٔلَكَ
asalaka
مَا
mā
لَيۡسَ
laysa
لِي
lī
بِهِۦ
bihi
عِلۡمٞۖ
ʿil'mun
وَإِلَّا
wa-illā
تَغۡفِرۡ
taghfir
لِي
lī
وَتَرۡحَمۡنِيٓ
watarḥamnī
أَكُن
akun
مِّنَ
mina
ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
٤٧
... “My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You about what I have no knowledge of, and unless You forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be one of the losers.”
رب اني ظلمت نفسي فاغفر لي
رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى
رَبِّ
rabbi
إِنِّي
innī
ظَلَمۡتُ
ẓalamtu
نَفۡسِي
nafsī
فَٱغۡفِرۡ
fa-igh'fir
لِي
lī
... “My Lord! I have definitely wronged my soul, so forgive me.” ...
رب اوزعني ان اشكر نعمتك التي انعمت علي وعلى والدي وان اعمل صالحا ترضاه واصلح لي في ذريتي اني تبت اليك واني من المسلمين ١٥
رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًۭا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ١٥
رَبِّ
rabbi
أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ
awziʿ'nī
أَنۡ
an
أَشۡكُرَ
ashkura
نِعۡمَتَكَ
niʿ'mataka
ٱلَّتِيٓ
allatī
أَنۡعَمۡتَ
anʿamta
عَلَيَّ
ʿalayya
وَعَلَىٰ
waʿalā
وَٰلِدَيَّ
wālidayya
وَأَنۡ
wa-an
أَعۡمَلَ
aʿmala
صَٰلِحٗا
ṣāliḥan
تَرۡضَىٰهُ
tarḍāhu
وَأَصۡلِحۡ
wa-aṣliḥ
لِي
lī
فِي
fī
ذُرِّيَّتِيٓۖ
dhurriyyatī
إِنِّي
innī
تُبۡتُ
tub'tu
إِلَيۡكَ
ilayka
وَإِنِّي
wa-innī
مِنَ
mina
ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
l-mus'limīna
١٥
... “My Lord! Inspire me to ˹always˺ be thankful for Your favours which You blessed me and my parents with, and to do good deeds that please You. And instil righteousness in my offspring. I truly repent to You, and I truly submit ˹to Your Will˺.”
ربنا عليك توكلنا واليك انبنا واليك المصير ٤ ربنا لا تجعلنا فتنة للذين كفروا واغفر لنا ربنا انك انت العزيز الحكيم ٥
رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ٤ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٥
رَّبَّنَا
rabbanā
عَلَيۡكَ
ʿalayka
تَوَكَّلۡنَا
tawakkalnā
وَإِلَيۡكَ
wa-ilayka
أَنَبۡنَا
anabnā
وَإِلَيۡكَ
wa-ilayka
ٱلۡمَصِيرُ
l-maṣīru
٤
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
لَا
lā
تَجۡعَلۡنَا
tajʿalnā
فِتۡنَةٗ
fit'natan
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
كَفَرُواْ
kafarū
وَٱغۡفِرۡ
wa-igh'fir
لَنَا
lanā
رَبَّنَآۖ
rabbanā
إِنَّكَ
innaka
أَنتَ
anta
ٱلۡعَزِيزُ
l-ʿazīzu
ٱلۡحَكِيمُ
l-ḥakīmu
٥
... “We totally dissociate ourselves from you and ˹shun˺ whatever ˹idols˺ you worship besides Allah. We reject you. The enmity and hatred that has arisen between us and you will last until you believe in Allah alone.” The only exception is when Abraham said to his father, “I will seek forgiveness for you,˹” adding, “but˺ I cannot protect you from Allah at all.” ˹The believers prayed,˺ “Our Lord! In You we trust. And to You we ˹always˺ turn. And to You is the final return. (4) Our Lord! Do not subject us to the persecution of the disbelievers. Forgive us, our Lord! You ˹alone˺ are truly the Almighty, All-Wise.” (5)