قبول التوبة
Accepting Repentance
39 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَصَدْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِإِخْلاَصِ تَوْبَةٍ نَصُوحٍ
O Allah, I have come to You with the integrity of a sincere repentance,
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وَتَثْبِيتِ عَقْدٍ صَحِيحٍ
the confirmation of a valid determination,
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وَدُعَاءِ قَلْبٍ قَرِيحٍ
the prayer of a limpid heart,
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وَإِعْلاَنِ قَوْلٍ صَرِيحٍ
and the declaration of a clear-cut statement.
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اَللَّهُمَّ فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي مُخْلَصَ ٱلتَّوْبَةِ
So, O Allah, accept from me the sincere repentance of me,
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وَإِقْبَالَ سَرِيعِ ٱلاوْبَةِ
the approaching of my swift turning to You,
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وَمَصَارِعَ تَخَشُّعِ ٱلْحَوْبَةِ
and the deadly blows of my fear of Your punishment.
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وَقَابِلْ رَبِّ تَوْبَتِي بِجَزِيلِ ٱلثَّوَابِ
O my Lord, meet my repentance with abundant reward,
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وَكَرِيمِ ٱلْمَآبِ
generous final return,
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وَحَطِّ ٱلْعِقَابِ
absolvement of castigation,
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وَصَرْفِ ٱلْعَذَابِ
warding off penalty,
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وَغُنْمِ ٱلإِيَابِ
winning of returning to You,
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وَسِتْرِ ٱلْحِجَابِ
and covering with screen [against sinning].
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وَٱمْحُ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَا ثَبَتَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي
O Allah, erase my fixed sins,
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وَٱغْسِلْ بِقَبُولِهَا جَمِيعَ عُيُوبِي
wash out all my defects by accepting my repentance,
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وَٱجْعَلْهَا جَالِيَةً لِقَلْبِي
and make my repentance to polish my heart,
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شَاخِصَةً لِبَصِيرَةِ لُبِّي
to diagnose the insight of my mind,
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غَاسِلَةً لِدَرَنِي
to rinse my filth,
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مُطَهِّرَةً لِنَجَاسَةِ بَدَنِي
to purify my bodily impurity,
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مُصَحِّحَةً فِيهَا ضَمِيرِي
to set aright my inner self,
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عَاجِلَةً إِلَىٰ ٱلْوَفَاءِ بِهَا بَصِيرَتِي
and to urge my insight to act upon it [i.e. my repentance] immediately.
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وَٱقْبَلْ يَا رَبِّ تَوْبَتِي
O my Lord, admit my repentance,
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فَإِنَّهَا تَصْدُرُ مِنْ إِخْلاَصِ نِيَّتِي
because it emanates from my sincere intention
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وَمَحْضٍ مِنْ تَصْحِيحِ بَصِيرَتِي
and from the most accurate and purest form of my perception.
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وَٱحْتِفَالاًَ فِي طَوِيَّتِي
It [i.e. my repentance] also involves perfect determination of my inner self,
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وَٱجْتِهَاداً فِي نَقَاءِ سَرِيرَتِي
an attempt to keep my soul pure,
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وَتَثْبِيتاً لإِنَابَتِي
my firmness to turn to You in repentance,
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وَمُسَارِعَةً إِلىٰ امْرِكَ بِطَاعَتِي
and my decision to run for obeying Your orders.
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وَٱجْلُ ٱللَّهُمَّ بِٱلتَّوْبَةِ عَنِّي ظُلْمَةَ ٱلإِصْرَارِ
O Allah, by means of my repentance, (please) drive away the darkness of insistence on sinning from me,
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وَٱمْحُ بِهَا مَا قَدَّمْتُهُ مِنَ ٱلاوْزَارِ
erase my burdensome sins that I have committed,
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وَٱكْسُنِي لِبَاسَ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ
and dress me the clothing of piety
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وَجَلاَبِيبَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ
and the garments of true guidance,
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فَقَدْ خَلَعْتُ رِبْقَ ٱلْمَعَاصِي عَنْ جَلَدِي
for I am determined to remove the rein of acts of disobedience to You from my neck
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وَنَزَعْتُ سِرْبَالَ ٱلذُّنُوبِ عَنْ جَسَدِي
and to strip the shirt of sinning of my body,
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مُسْتَمْسِكاً رَبِّ بِقُدْرَتِكَ
holding fast to Your omnipotence, O my Lord,
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مُسْتَعِيناً عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي بِعِزَّتِكَ
seeking Your help against myself by Your almightiness,
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مُسْتَوْدِعاً تَوْبَتِي مِنَ ٱلنَّكْثِ بِخَفْرَتِكَ
entrusting with You my repentance from breaching my covenant with You by Your protection of me,
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مُعْتَصِماً مِنَ ٱلْخِذْلاَنِ بِعِصْمَتِكَ
taking refuge in Your haven against that You may disappoint me,
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مُقَارِناً بِهِ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِكَ
believing that there is neither might nor power except with You.