Asking forgiveness: Dua
Many times a day: the Prophet ﷺ said it more than seventy times a day.
Arabic
How to say it
as-tagh-fi-rul-laa-ha wa a-too-bu i-layh
Meaning
“I ask Allah for forgiveness and I turn to Him in repentance.”
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