Hisn al-Muslim 9
(اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ)
(Allahummaj-AAalnee minat-tawwabeena wajAAalnee minal-mutatahhireen.)
(O Allah, make me of those who return to You often in repentance and make me of those who remain clean and pure.)
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 9
Translation: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), Sa'id al-Qahtani — see site-wide attribution
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Two requests, and both are phrased the same way — not make me repentant, but make me of those who. The speaker asks to be placed among a group rather than given a quality outright. The first group returns to Him often in repentance; the second remains clean and pure. Repetition of that opening formula is the entire structure of the supplication, and nothing further is attached to either request.
Its chapter sets these words at the end of the ablution.
Both requests ask for inclusion rather than for a change described directly. Neither says what the speaker is now, and neither states what the repentance or the purity is from.
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Translated, it says: “O Allah, make me of those who return to You often in repentance and make me of those who remain clean and pure.” Two requests, and both are phrased the same way — not make me repentant, but make me of those who.
For those reading it without Arabic script: “Allahummaj-AAalnee minat-tawwabeena wajAAalnee minal-mutatahhireen.”
Its chapter sets these words at the end of the ablution. Both requests ask for inclusion rather than for a change described directly.
Carried in our data as Riyad as-Salihin 353.