Dua for Forgiveness: Mufti Ahmed Khanpuri

Below is the translation of Part 1 of the Dua which the Remnant of our Akabir, the Sublime Spiritual Leader, Sultaanul Aarifeen, the Grand Mufti, Allamah Mufti Ahmed Khanpuri (May Allah preserve him) regularly makes at the time of Tahajjud, after Taraweeh in Ramadhan and on Jalsah occasions. He starts off with many Arabic Masnoon duas. Below are his personal words.

O Allah, forgive our sins, overlook our mistakes. O Allah we are sinners, we are full of mistakes, we are full of short comings. O Allah, until today we have spent all our lives in disobeying You and committing sins. The actions You commanded us to do, we didn’t. And the actions You prohibited us from doing, we committed. We continuously committed sins and took pleasure in it. We continuously consumed Your provisions and relentlessly challenged You. Which limb of our bodies is there that we did not commit a sin with, and which minute of the day and night is there that we did not sin in?

O Allah, we continuously committed sins in the darkness of the night and the brightness of the day, in seclusion and in the open. O Allah, we used our every limb in disobeying You. With our eyes, we continuously casted lustful glances without any disinclination. We listened to wrong things with our ears. We used our tongues like scissors in committing sins. With our hearts and minds we relentlessly made plans of committing sins. We have used our hands and feet in committing sins. O Allah, we are big criminals.

O Allah, we have become habitual sinners and habit of sins have afflicted us. We do not feel any ease without sinning.

O Allah, rid us of all the habits of sins with aafiyah (well-being). O Allah, You love forgiveness. When any slave of Yours ask You to forgive his sins, You happily say to the Angels, “This servant of mine knows that no one can forgive sins but Me,” O Most Merciful (ارحم الراحمين) surely no one can forgive our sins besides You. O Allah, if You do not forgive us then we have no place remaining. Master, forgive us. Master, forgive us.

O Allah, we have seen that if any person begs from a generous person and he (the beggar) is not deserving to be given, still the generous person feels ashamed (hayaa) to send him away empty handed and he would give him something. O Allah, You have the attribute of Hayaa. Your Habib has informed us that when hands are lifted in front of You, You feel ashamed in sending it back empty handed. O Allah, You grant us. O Allah, shower us with Your special virtue (فضل).

O Allah, make beautiful changes in our lives. Free us from a life of disobedience towards You. Grant us a life of obeying You. Grant us a sincere repentance from a life of sin. Grant us a life of righteousness. Save us from sins and disobedience. Grant us the ability to do good and to obey You. Protect us fully from every minor and major sin.

O Allah, forgive us, forgive our parents, forgive our family and dependents, forgive our brothers, sisters, their children, grandchildren, our relatives, our teachers, our scholars, our friends, our beloved, our well-wishers, our connections, our sympathizers, our supporters, those who have requested us to supplicate for them, those who hope we supplicate for them, those for whom we have rights, all the Believers, male and female, all the Muslims, male and female and the whole Ummah Muhammadiyah. O Allah, forgive us fully.

O Allah, forgive our minor, major, open, hidden, past and future sins. Forgive all of our sins. Convert our sins (سيئات) into good deeds (حسنات). O Allah, drive us to do those actions which please You as much as possible and fully protect us from those actions which displease You.

Aameen Ya Rabbal A’lameen.

[Dua Aise Mange (Supplicate in this Manner) Pg.14-17]
See Part 2 here, part 3 here, part 4 here, part 5 here, part 6 here.
The pdf of the original Urdu book is available here.

Author: Ibn Suleman

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