Munajat of the Repenters

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of God, the All-Compassionate, the All-Merciful.

إِلَهِي أَلْبَسَتْنِي الْخَطَايَا ثَوْبَ مَذَلَّتِي وَ جَلَّلَنِي التَّبَاعُدُ مِنْكَ لِبَاسَ مَسْكَنَتِي وَ أَمَاتَ قَلْبِي عَظِيمُ جِنَايَتِي فَأَحْيِهِ بِتَوْبَةٍ مِنْكَ يَا أَمَلِي وَ بُغْيَتِي وَ يَا سُؤْلِي وَ مُنْيَتِي فَوَعِزَّتِكَ مَا أَجِدُ لِذُنُوبِي سِوَاكَ غَافِراً وَ لا أَرَى لِكَسْرِي غَيْرَكَ جَابِراً وَ قَدْ خَضَعْتُ بِالْإِنَابَةِ إِلَيْكَ وَ عَنَوْتُ بِالاسْتِكَانَةِ لَدَيْكَ فَإِنْ طَرَدْتَنِي مِنْ بَابِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَلُوذُ وَ إِنْ رَدَدْتَنِي عَنْ جَنَابِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَعُوذُ فَوَا أَسَفَاهْ مِنْ خَجْلَتِي وَ افْتِضَاحِي وَ وَا لَهْفَاهْ مِنْ سُوءِ عَمَلِي وَ اجْتِرَاحِي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا غَافِرَ الذَّنْبِ الْكَبِيرِ وَ يَا جَابِرَ الْعَظْمِ الْكَسِيرِ أَنْ تَهَبَ لِي مُوبِقَاتِ الْجَرَائِرِ وَ تَسْتُرَ عَلَيَّ فَاضِحَاتِ السَّرَائِرِ وَ لا تُخْلِنِي فِي مَشْهَدِ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ بَرْدِ عَفْوِكَ وَ غَفْرِكَ وَ لا تُعْرِنِي مِنْ جَمِيلِ صَفْحِكَ وَ سَتْرِكَ إِلَهِي ظَلِّلْ عَلَى ذُنُوبِي غَمَامَ رَحْمَتِكَ ،

My God, my sins have clothed me in the garment of my abasement, distance from You has wrapped me in the robe of my wretchedness, and the enormity of my offence has made my heart die. So bring it back to life by a repentance from You, O my hope and my aim, O my request and my wish. By Your might, I find no forgiver of my sins but You, and I see no mender of my brokenness other than You. I have humbled myself in turning back to You, and abased myself in lowliness before You. If You drive me from Your door, with whom shall I take shelter? And if You turn me away from Your presence, in whom shall I seek refuge? Alas for my shame and my disgrace! Woe for my evil deeds and my transgressions! I ask You, O Forgiver of the great sin, O Mender of the broken bone, to forgive me my ruinous crimes, to cover over my shameful secrets, not to leave me, at the scene of the Resurrection, without the coolness of Your pardon and Your forgiveness, and not to strip me of Your beautiful overlooking and Your covering. My God, spread the cloud of Your mercy as a shade over my sins,

وَ أَرْسِلْ عَلَى عُيُوبِي سَحَابَ رَأْفَتِكَ إِلَهِي هَلْ يَرْجِعُ الْعَبْدُ الْآبِقُ إِلّا إِلَى مَوْلاهُ أَمْ هَلْ يُجِيرُهُ مِنْ سَخَطِهِ أَحَدٌ سِوَاهُ إِلَهِي إِنْ كَانَ النَّدَمُ عَلَى الذَّنْبِ تَوْبَةً فَإِنِّي وَ عِزَّتِكَ مِنَ النَّادِمِينَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ الاسْتِغْفَارُ مِنَ الْخَطِيئَةِ حِطَّةً فَإِنِّي لَكَ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ لَكَ الْعُتْبَى حَتَّى تَرْضَى إِلَهِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيَّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ وَ بِحِلْمِكَ عَنِّي اعْفُ عَنِّي وَ بِعِلْمِكَ بِي ارْفَقْ بِي إِلَهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِي فَتَحْتَ لِعِبَادِكَ بَابا إِلَى عَفْوِكَ سَمَّيْتَهُ التَّوْبَةَ فَقُلْتَ:

and send down upon my faults the clouds of Your tenderness. My God, does the runaway slave return to anyone but his master? Or does anyone but him give him refuge from his anger? My God, if remorse for sin is repentance, then by Your might I am among the remorseful; and if seeking forgiveness for wrongdoing sheds it away, then I am among those who seek Your forgiveness. To You I make amends until You are pleased. My God, by Your power over me, turn to me in mercy; by Your forbearance towards me, pardon me; and by Your knowledge of me, be gentle with me. My God, it is You who opened for Your servants a door to Your pardon and named it repentance, and You said:

تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحا فَمَا عُذْرُ مَنْ أَغْفَلَ دُخُولَ الْبَابِ بَعْدَ فَتْحِهِ إِلَهِي إِنْ كَانَ قَبُحَ الذَّنْبُ مِنْ عَبْدِكَ فَلْيَحْسُنِ الْعَفْوُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ إِلَهِي مَا أَنَا بِأَوَّلِ مَنْ عَصَاكَ فَتُبْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَ تَعَرَّضَ لِمَعْرُوفِكَ فَجُدْتَ عَلَيْهِ يَا مُجِيبَ الْمُضْطَرِّ يَا كَاشِفَ الضُّرِّ يَا عَظِيمَ الْبِرِّ يَا عَلِيماً بِمَا فِي السِّرِّ يَا جَمِيلَ السِّتْرِ [السَّتْرِ] اسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ إِلَيْكَ وَ تَوَسَّلْتُ بِجَنَابِكَ [بِجِنَانِكَ ] وَ تَرَحُّمِكَ لَدَيْكَ فَاسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِي وَ لا تُخَيِّبْ فِيكَ رَجَائِي وَ تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي وَ كَفِّرْ خَطِيئَتِي بِمَنِّكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

"Turn to God in sincere repentance." So what excuse has the one who neglects to enter the door after it has been opened? My God, if the sin of Your servant is ugly, then let the pardon from You be beautiful. My God, I am not the first to have disobeyed You and to whom You then turned in mercy, nor the first to have sought Your kindness and on whom You then bestowed it generously. O Answerer of the distressed, O Remover of harm, O Great in goodness, O Knower of what lies in secret, O Beautiful in covering! I have sought Your generosity and Your nobility as my intercessors with You, and I have sought Your presence and Your compassion as my means to You. So answer my prayer, do not disappoint my hope in You, accept my repentance and wipe away my sin, by Your favour and Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.