التوبة
True Repentance - Tauba
46 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
- 1
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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ااَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلرَّجَاءَ لِسَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ
O Allah, it is my hope for Your expansive mercy
- 3
انْطَقَنِي بِٱسْتِقَالَتِكَ
that has motivated me to ask for accepting my true repentance,
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وَٱلامَلَ لانَِاتِكَ وَرِفْقِكَ
and it is my hope for Your forbearance and leniency
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شَجَّعَنِي عَلَىٰ طَلَبِ امَانِكَ وَعَفْوِكَ
that has encouraged me to beg Your security and pardon.
- 6
وَلِي يَا رَبِّ ذُنُوبٌ
O my Lord, I have committed sins,
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قَدْ وَاجَهَتْهَا اوْجُهُ ٱلٱِنْتِقَامِ
which are worthy of encountering Your punishment,
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وَخَطَايَا قَدْ لاَحَظَتْهَا اعْيُنُ ٱلٱِصْطِلاَمِ
and [I have committed] wrongdoings, which have been observed by the eyes of eradication
- 9
وَٱسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِهَا عَلَىٰ عَدْلِكَ الِيمَ ٱلْعَذَابِ
and due to which, I deserve Your painful chastisement despite of Your justice,
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وَٱسْتَحْقَقْتُ بِٱجْتِرَاحِهَا مُبِيرَ ٱلْعِقَابِ
and because I have committed these wrongdoings, I earn Your annihilating punishment.
- 11
وَخِفْتُ تَعْوِيقَهَا لإِِجَابَتِي
I am thus afraid that these wrongdoings will obstruct You from responding to me
- 12
وَرَدَّهَا إِيَّايَ عَنْ قَضَاءِ حَاجَتِي
and will make You refuse to grant me my requests,
- 13
بِإِبْطَالِهَا لِطَلِبَتِي
since they are violative enough to abolish my petition
- 14
وَقَطْعِهَا لاِسْبَابِ رَغْبَتِي
and to cut off the factors of achieving my desires,
- 15
مِنْ اجْلِ مَا قَدْ انْقَضَ ظَهْرِي مِنْ ثِقْلِهَا
because their overburdens have pressed heavily upon my back
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وَبَهَظَنِي مِنَ ٱلٱِسْتِقْلاَلِ بِحَمْلِهَا
and their loads have been too heavy for me to burden.
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ثُمَّ تَرَاجَعْتُ رَبِّ إِلىٰ حِلْمِكَ عَنِ ٱلْخَاطِئِينَ
But when I recalled Your forbearance, O my Lord, with the wrongdoers,
- 18
وَعَفْوِكَ عَنِ ٱلْمُذْنِبِينَ
Your forgiveness to the sinful,
- 19
وَرَحْمَتِكَ لِلْعَاصِينَ
and Your mercy to the disobedient,
- 20
فَاقْبَلْتُ بِثِقَتِي مُتَوَكِّلاًَ عَلَيْكَ
I, carrying my trust in You and relying on You, came towards You,
- 21
طَارِحاً نَفْسِي بَيْنَ يَدَيكَ
throwing myself in Your Presence,
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شَاكِياً بَثِّي إِلَيْكَ
complaining about my grief to You,
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سَائِلاًَ رَبِّ مَا لاَ اسْتَوْجِبُهُ مِنْ تَفْرِيجِ ٱلْهَمِّ
praying You, O my Lord, for what I do not deserve from You; that is relief from my distress,
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وَلاَ اسْتَحِقُّهُ مِنْ تَنْفِيسِ ٱلْغَمِّ
and for what I do not earn from You; that is alleviation of my anguish,
- 25
مُسْتَقِيلاًَ لَكَ رَبِّ إِيَّايَ
declaring my true repentance before You, O my Lord,
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وَاثِقاً مَوْلاَيَ بِكَ
and putting my trust in You, O my Master.
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اَللَّهُمَّ فَٱمْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِٱلْفَرَجِ
O Allah, s0 (please) bestow upon me with relief from You,
- 28
وَتَطَوَّلْ عَلَيَّ بِسُهُولَةِ ٱلْمَخْرَجِ
confer upon me with creating for me an easy way out,
- 29
وَٱدْلُلْنِي بِرَافَتِكَ عَلَىٰ سَمْتِ ٱلْمَنْهَجِ
lead me, out of Your clemency, to the straightest path,
- 30
وَازْلِقْنِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلاعْوَجِ
make me, out of Your omnipotence, deviate from the crooked path,
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وَخَلِّصْنِي مِنْ سِجْنِ ٱلْكَرْبِ بِإِقَالَتِكَ
release me, out of Your acceptance of my true repentance, from the prison of ordeals,
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وَاطْلِقْ اسْرِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ
set me free from my capture, out of Your mercy,
- 33
وَطُلْ عَلَيَّ بِرِضْوَانِكَ
donate me with favors, out of Your pleasure,
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وَجُدْ عَلَيَّ بِإِحْسَانِكَ
give me generously, out of Your benevolence,
- 35
وَاقِلْنِي رَبِّ عَثْرَتِي
steady me, O my Lord, from my slip,
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وَفَرِّجْ كُرْبَتِي
relieve me from my agony,
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وَٱرْحَمْ عَبْرَتِي
have mercy upon my sobbing,
- 38
وَلاَ تَحْجُبْ دَعْوَتِي
do not make my prayer inaccessible,
- 39
وَٱشْدُدْ بِٱلإِقَالَةِ ازْرِي
and by accepting my repentance, (please) strengthen my back,
- 40
وَقَوِّ بِهَا ظَهْرِي
confirm my strength,
- 41
وَاصْلِحْ بِهَا امْرِي
set aright all my affairs,
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وَاطِلْ بِهَا عُمْرِي
grant me long lifetime,
- 43
وَٱرْحَمْنِي يَوْمَ حَشْرِي وَوَقْتَ نَشْرِي
and have mercy upon me on the day of my resurrecting and the time of my restoring to life.
- 44
إِنَّكَ جَوَادٌ كَرِيمٌ
Verily, You are all-magnanimous, all-generous,
- 45
غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
all-forgiving, and all-merciful.
- 46
وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ
And (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household.