Hisn al-Muslim 68
((اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي)).
(Allahumma inne as-aluka birahmatikal-latee wasiAAat kulla shay, an taghfira lee.)
(O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy which envelopes all things, that You forgive me.)
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 68
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The request rests on a stated basis, and the basis is named before the request itself: Your mercy which envelopes all things. Only afterwards does the thing being asked arrive — that You forgive me. The mercy is described by its reach rather than its degree, covering all things, and what is finally requested is a single item falling well inside that reach.
Ibn Majah records this from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, said at the breaking of the fast.
The description given to the mercy is far larger than what is then asked of it. One person's forgiveness is requested on grounds said to envelop everything.
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The translation given here is: “O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy which envelopes all things, that You forgive me.” The request rests on a stated basis, and the basis is named before the request itself: Your mercy which envelopes all things.
Cited here as Sunan Ibn Majah 1487.
Romanised, it runs: “Allahumma inne as-aluka birahmatikal-latee wasiAAat kulla shay, an taghfira lee.”
Ibn Majah records this from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, said at the breaking of the fast. The description given to the mercy is far larger than what is then asked of it.