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It contains the seventy Tstighfar attributed to Sayyidina Massan Bast w-ciinn these are repeated on the 7th, Sth and 10th of Zunay}an land they are entitled "AI Mungazan mnnan naar In the book under review, Maulana Muhammad Hanif [Abdul Hajeed (May Allah inerease him in knowicdge and Geeds) has translated these seventy sstightar and arranged them into seven sections. in this way. one Section may be read each day of the week, All the Tetighfor may be read in the fore-mentioned nights 50 that ther blessings may pour on the reacer. May Allah:SeJe approve it.Praise belongs to Allah sie ror the first to the lastCONTENTS Preface Request for Supplication The author Tie repentance Collective repentance The mast of Istighfaae Merit of seeking forgiveness aftr alution latighattr after attending 2 meeting For all Muslims Punishment is suspended if forgiveness is sought A Pre-certfcation ta get au of difficulty & warry Al sins may be pardoned, no matter how many ‘Salvation in weeping on sins Explanation ‘Alla loves Istinfaae ‘Supplcaton for forgiveness ‘The best wards af istightaar Sayyid ulistightaar Fist section for Friday ‘Second saetion far Saturday “Thied section for Sunday Fourth section for Monday Fifth section for Tuesday Sixth section for Wednesday Seventh sectivin for Thursday ‘The last istighfaar 10 " 4 18 18 16 7 ” 18 18 19 29 22 2 25 36 45 72 80 80 BGI annnneenrererneth 9 Preface to the Urdu Edition Inthe name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. aco ste ae neko laksa £25 ARIS ke usher aia soci Praise belongs to Allh ase5s who is Sulficiont ‘and peace be on Kis chosen siaves To proceed! s.4ts5 Praise belongs to Allah {963 - again, praise belongs to Allah ase .During my pilgrimage. | was enabled to read the book Vrhaad a srt ila manaasik by Malla Al Qarigia "again and again, KET AIZIAN) Bete coneusing te book, Allamah Outubucd in alana nas presented a calocton of suppla tons made dunng Hal and Unvah, andthe seventy istlghtaar are among them. Thor origins etibuted fo Sayygina Hasan Baerga tis ecommanded that the seventy Istightear may be ood during pure say at Mina ane ring Tahaiud prayers Ta'nio stated ina narrative that Sayyidina Aleo Lesenie used to seek forgiveness of Allan 2seJ= in these wor- ds at the time of Sahri. The last portion of the night upto the onsel of dawn is the best time to solicit forgiveness of Allah asJ . In fact. in the final third of the night, Allah nj descends to the heaven of earth (as behoves His Majestic Being) and cails out, “Is there anyone who will repent whose repentance | will accept. Is there anyone to seek forgiveness that | might forgive him."\en Kame Mavaru-Quran v8 p10) Allah aye has deseribed His pious slaves, BEERS ESS BSS SNS {And inthe dawns they pray for forgiveness) ir other words in spite of occupying themselves in worship allright they request 0 be forgiven in the morning because they could not do justice to the worship of Allah ass The pertect form of Istighfaar is that it is repeated at least seventy times. Hence, we have published the seventy fstighfaar in a separate vol- ume to enable all Muslims to repent to Allah axeJ= and seek His forgiveness. They may practice it particularly during travel, in the nights of Ramadan, when they spread about in the earth to propagate LUGE ppnannneeeeennecene eth Te rey fen ne oe The seventy Istighfaar have been divided into, seven sections aver the seven days of the week. Starting trom Friday one should may supplicate Allah 2usJe in these words coming to the last Istighfaar on Thursday. Those people who also ‘observe the supplications of al-Hizbul-A’zam and Munaajat Maqboo! may add ten Istightaar from this book to their daily rota. They will obtain innumerable blessings therefrom. They will thus repent sincerely {or their past sins and resolve not to commit sin any more. They will include those sins, in parti which are not even considered sin, or insignificant sin, of which are committed collectively, or sins which violate rights of fellow men. Examples of these are: taking servants to task beyond the degree of violation of their responsibility, to tighten the belt unjustly on one’s wile or other dependants in the family, to punish students and subordinates beyond their crime, and so on. A man must repent for such mistakes and lapses. He may also beseech Allah ass. to forgive all believing men and women. He must pray to Allah sa3e 10 enable all Muslims lo retrain trom’sin andASTER av ceveeeereeeenceseeseseesehi 8 > Gisobedience. from hurting fellow men, trom cheating in working hours, trom lying in business dealings, from concealing detect in merchandise May Allah 3sc3e protect us from such misdeeds. Aameon! Atndogue atlas aeaeeiae Sha ihigh-as 2 asa © Lord ofthe worlds through the grace ofthe ch- lef of the Messengers! Request for Supplication In conclusion, we request readers to include in their supplication our respected teacher, Maulana Maula Bux, the Muhtamim of Madrasah Siddigiya, Mastoong, Baluchistan, and Maulana Ata-ur Rahman, the teacher Jamia-tul-Uloomil-islamiyah, and Hafiz Atzal Ahmad teacher at Madrasa Bait-ul-lim. They have been very helpful in correcting, perfecting and translating this book. May Allah aisJe reward them heavily! Please also remember in Your supplication everyone associated with this book in one way or other. (The Author) Note: English Translation of the Quran is reprodu~ ced from the translation of Abdul Majid Daryaabadi LG Yusuf Ali and Lal Muhammad Chawla True Repentance 1, Man is liable to sin and it is not surprising that a Boliever should sin. But, when he happens to commit it, @ true Believer must feel terribly ashamed and repent sincerely before Allah asse Allah axc5+ likes that very much and the Hadith describes that as Tawbah to repent is tawbah. (ar Targhee, to davghaar p98) 2. He must then resolve never to repeat the sin. He must make a firm resolve that he will never go hear that sin. He must form 2 sincere intention not to violate his tawbah, 3. If he has been derelict in obligations to Allah see , oF encroached upon the rights of His slaves then he must begin to make amends by discharging his duties and giving rights of follow men. He must seek forgiveness for being errant in the first place. th he. cannot compensate something immediately then it must find mention in his will for itis not enough to merely apologise unless the victimized people forgive. Examples of violation ol rights include usurpation of shares of sisters and younger bro: thers in the will, misappropriation of debt, delaying repayment of trade dues, cruelty to youngsters and subordinates. eteTy anon Collective Repentance ‘Today, all of us are guilly of a grave crime, The doctrines of AllahaseJs are flouted openly, the practices and sayings of the Prophet susuuts + are ignored without compune: tion, We no longer live on the pattern chalked out for us by the Holy Prophet suiueJe.We are not concerned in the least to revive these practices or to obey his directives. We do not use our authority to correct the wrong and we ‘are unwilling to use an encouraging word to coax someone along the right path. We are thus guilty of ignoring our responsibilities in this regard, The results of this irresponsible attitude are many. First, we no longer.see whole groups and tribes of people embracing Islam. Day by day, Muslims are getting weaker and weaker in practicing Islam: Hence, we must se&k forgiveness of Allah 3s the words of these seventy Istighfaar, or any other form of tstightaar. We must think of other Muslims too and get them to follow suit. Let us resolve today that henceforth we shall practice the teachings of Islam land propagate them. We must give thought to our duty in this connection and preach and spread the religion of Allah isz5. the world over. ‘This, in fact is the practical side of pepentance. It is our responsibility to spread the word of Allan vsJe. We must let non-Muslim be impressed by our character and behaviour so that they feel inclined towards Islam, A person, who dies as a non-Muslim or a habitual disobedient, is ruined for ever. But, the results are happy and encouraging for a person who stands in contrast to this first person. for he invites other people to Isiam constantly (Our women too must occupy themselves in this, noble task and follow the example of Sayyidah Khadijah, Sayyidan Ayshah, Sayyidah Zayneb seepBaaie! In the following lines, we present to You the merits of Istighfaar. May Allah aie3+ guide us and enable the Ummah to repent to Allah ays , Aame: en, © Lord of the Worlds! Ru JasMedasing GIS a4 ees 4g. Beal 2e 2554 M5, pas ea gE FS, Sears “the Merit of Istighfaar Man's seeking forgiveness of Allan dscJs Is rnuch like by Allah 23 Je- tis also innate to man to forgive someone and be happy over it when the ther confesses his guilt. This is very apparent inaescceeceeeneeerereseesenth Se cecan wa mannan land wife, ruler and subject and 0 on. A teacher may be bolling with rage over a terribly derelict student but the moment he say “lam sorry, | Committed a mistake and will not do again,” the Anger subsides. A wife may have done something most unpleasant to her husband but once she says, “Twas wrong and will never repeat i" the husband is allsmies. A culer may be very hard:hearted and may have drunk from the cup of Hajj But when his Subject affirms, “I am a confirmed wrong-doer, forgive me" the hardness gives may to the soft ‘comer in the rulers heart. It is @ corollary of this innate nature that Allah a%5+ is pleased when His slaves seek forgiveness. ‘Man must beg to be pardoned on committing a crime and realize that he has erred. Not only that, he must also think little of his pious deeds. He must bbe grateful to Allah 323+ for his,tavour in enabling him to do the pious deed, for Allah ss.3¢ may even take him to task for shortcomings in his pious. deeds. This is why Allah 2siJe had commanded His last Prophet asseztn3# to wind up His tard (obligatory) duties with the expression, OOS aes ar tetas ALTE Rpennaaneanenneennececeneeeg TO BY then hallow the praise of Your lord, and ask forgiveness of Allan sas. Surely, He is ever Fle rtingtursunass, 03) In the same way, He said about His sincere slaves that at the conclusion of their night-long worship they do not display pride but seek forgiveness. The Prophet as anh SUPPLICATION FOR FORGIVENESS We now present some supplications that the Quran teaches us to seek forgiveness. All of us must learn them atter understanding their meaning particularly our women folk who are permitted to make these supplication even during their monthiy period when they are not allowed to recite the Quran The first is the supplication of Sayyidina Adam said taught to him by Allah as2Je to seek forgiv eness for the lapse and Allah asc je forgave him, BES OEE Sy BES wee lee fee ay S bp NOP SY “Our lord, we have wionged ourselves and it You were not to forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall certainly become among the losers." atasat 3) Allah yz3e has also taught: oR SNE hee etic aes Chae NEGA SS GRIDS “O my Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of those who have mercy.” (a-minincon, aan We must make this supplication regularly for 2 Allah jye.je has taught it to us Himself ca ‘The next supplication is also to seek pardon. Ges Are ateae rss) ee Sh ASP ENE BCs Ges "And pardon us, and grant us forgiveness, and have mercy on us. You are our Lord. Help us, then, against disbelieving people.” ia'Saqsan. 2268) AB eee 2g TERS acta stasis ty ope “Our Lord forgive us, then, our sins and expiate our evil deeds, and cause us to die with the righteous.” (Aakinean, 3193) BD SVG EST Gh SIRS "You are our protector. So forgive us, and have mercy on us, and You are the best of those who forgive”. iar. 7955) We must make these supplication for forgiveness and mercy particularly in the prostrationEE pn posture in optional prayers after the expression m= 2.23 We must teach them to Young children too, THE BEST WORDS OF ISTIGHFAAR The Prophet zs words in which to seek forgiveness that we cannot ‘even conceive them on our own. For instance, he has said: Ja has taught such excellent ADELE SAGES KEITEL SHG SELLE SALTS OS ASS *O Allah si23e, forgive us and have mercy on Us. Do overlook what You know of our sins because ‘You know surely what we do net know. Indeed, You are the Mighty, the Generous.” ‘There are many sins that we do not realize or we do not even know what we are doing. This includes all sins that we have committed irom the Maulana Mut Muhammad Taq Usman) Sayyid-ul-stighfaar Best of all, we must leam the Sayyid-ub-Istigh- far and make it a practice to beseech Allah ase in these words for forgiveness. ssl ens 6 58a apludls, ewe ie Bia 5 Gy c02 8 We EeSEAe f5'SE ISS WASHES. BSS “0 Allahiase3e, You are my Lord. There is no god except You. You have created me. And I am Your slave and | stand by Your covenant and Your promise to the best of my ability | seek refuge in You from the evil of that which 1 have done. | acknowledge Your blessings on me and | acknowledge my sin, Then pardon me, for none but You forgive sins." ¢Saneeno: Bukhari Hadith & 15950), The Hadith tells us that if anyone makes this supplication sincerely in the morning and if he dies before evening, he will go straight to Paradise, And Hf anyone makes it in the evening and dies betore next morning then he will go to Paradise directly, ‘Therefore, we must make ita practice to repeat this supplication morning and evening, rather after every prayer because the Prophet suisiiu.js has called it Sayyid-ul-istighfaar (the best manner of seekingCERI pe wecaneeeceee senna forgiveness) Obvioushy, Alahaxz ewshes to favour Wi slaves through tis Tatlghtaar, which He aut them tough Fi Prophet isco He wants 10 forgive thom anyway. If anyone is unfortunate in not boing able to memovise it in Arable then Ne mus, at [east let his mind go trough the meaning deeply fe must also encourage other people fo ask Alan ‘sede forgive them, It anyone wishes to make a brief supplication, he may memorise these words: ANCE SIRS Se ke “| ask Allah 33232, my Lord for forgiveness of all sins, And | repent to Him.” OF course, it is enough to say simply hy r862)- Our women: folk must make it a practice 10 seek forgiveness of Allah 23s regulary, for themselves and all Muslim brothers and sisters. a ee Ase 2555 305. SK FIRST SECTION FOR FRIDAY secs ch apinid calio Sea Heli ces os SUE Bhan eI LI Us ASic as KS 3 ot Eile ansde Spada EB S5GuLIE Betts gh SP ENES Gey ee Mo PIGS ag Hs a Waco a SIE 1.0 Allah 363511 seek Your forgiveness for every sin over which my body had prowess through the health You gave, and | had ability to do it through the flowing favours from You. My hand stretched towards the sin fed by Your nourishment, Yet 1 was protected from sights by Your coveringEB ~