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This is a simple and short litany of Istighfaar
combined with Asma al Husna. Through it one
will become familar with the Jalaali and Jamaali
attributes of Allah  (Attributes of Majesty and
Beauty) thus inculcating love for Allah  and the
praiseworthy qualities of fear and hope, modesty,
shame and remorse in front of Allah . This is the
essence of repentence. Rasulullah % said “If anyone
constantly seeks pardon (from Allah), Allah will
appoint for him a way out of every distress and a
relief from every anxiety, and will provide sustenance
for him from where he expects not.” [Abu Dawud].
Allah  says: And to Allah belong the best
names, so invoke Him by them - al-Qur'an.
We learn from the hadith that one makes 'Ihsa'
(to recite sincerely, learn or memorise) the Asma
al Husna will enter Jannah. The muhadditheen
have said : There is nothing more effective for
duas to be readily accepted than the Asma al Husna.
Whoever recites this Istighfaar will insha Allah
experience a special closeness to Allah. It is easy, and
it is short and sweet so that one can quickly ponder
on the meanings. May Allah accept it. Aameen

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I seek the forgiveness of
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Allah The Mighty
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Allah The Opener
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Allah The All Knowing
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Allah The Honourer

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I seek the forgiveness
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Allah The All Hearing
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Allah The Protector
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The Best Form of Istighfaar Repentance
Virtue: Rasulullah  said “The chief of prayers for
forgiveness is: (the istighfaar below) and he further
said: If somebody recites it during the day with firm
faith in it and dies on the same day before the evening,
he will be from the people of Paradise and if somebody
recites it at night with firm faith in it and dies before
the morning he will be from the people of Paradise."
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O Allah, You are my Lord, none has the right to be
worshiped except You, You created me and I am Your
servant and I abide to Your covenant and promise [to
honour it] as best I can, I take refuge in You from the evil
of which I committed I acknowledge Your favour upon
me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for verily
none can forgive sins except You.

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The Great Forgiveness
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I seek the forgiveness of Allah the Great, there is no
Diety save He, the Living, Sustainer of Life, the
Forgiver of sins, the Majestic and Generous. And I
turn to Him in repentance from all acts of disobedience,
and all sins and offenses. From every sin that I have
committed intentionally and unintentionally, openly
and in secret, in word and deed. In my every action
and my every stillness, my every thought and my every
breath, always and forever and eternally. From the
sin that I am aware of and the sin that I am unaware
of. To the number of all things contained in His
knowledge, registered in the Book, written down by the
Pen, and to the number of all that His omnipotence has
created, and His will chosen, and as much as the ink
of Allah’s words. As it befits the Majesty of the Face of
Allah, and His Beauty and Perfection, and as our Lord
wishes and as He pleases.

Virtues of Istighfaar al Kabeer:

This Istighfaar of Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris *
'The Great Forgiveness' was taught to him by
Sayyidina Muhammad, , and al-Khidr, +.
While Shaykh Ahmad ibn Idris * was in a
waking state, he saw that the Prophet  say
to al-Khidir: “Ya Khidr: teach him that which
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joins together all of the dhikrs, salawat, and
prayers for forgiveness of sins, and is superior
in reward, larger in number, more exalted in
worth, and greater in obtaining assistance.”
Al-Khidir, +, said: “What is that, O Prophet
of Allah?” And so the Prophet, , taught the
Shaykh the Idrisi Tahlil, the Salaat (Durood)
al Azeemiyya, and the Istighfaar al-Kabeer".
(Here we only mention the Istighfaar al-
Kabeer)
The Shaykh wrote about the Istighfaar al
Kabeer: “I sent it to one of the Awliya and he
wrote me a letter in which he said: ‘I read the
Istighfaar that you sent me one time and Allah
forgave me all my sins so that nothing of them
remained.’ And this means that he knew that
Allah forgave him, a real and true knowledge,
otherwise how could he have said: ‘He forgave
me’?”

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