((اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ)).
allahumma anta rabbi la ilaha illa anta khalaqtani wa ana 'abduka wa ana 'ala 'ahdika wa wa'dika mastata'tu a'udhu bika min sharri ma sana'tu abu'u laka bini'matika 'alayya wa abu'u bidhanbi faghfir li fa innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa anta
O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no deity worthy of worship except You. You created me, and I am Your servant. I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your blessings upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me, for none can forgive sins except You.
Hisn al-Muslim 27 · Hisn al-Muslim
Source & authenticity
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 27
Translation: dua-dhikr (fitrahive), free redistribution
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Context & meaning
The wording builds in a deliberate order before it asks for anything. It first establishes relationship — You are my Lord, there is no deity worthy of worship except You — then creation, then servanthood. The admission that follows is carefully limited: the covenant is kept as best I can, not perfectly. Refuge is sought from the evil of what has already been done, and two acknowledgements are then set side by side, one of blessings received and one of sin committed. Only after all of this does the request for forgiveness arrive.
When & how to recite
The chapter sets this among the morning and evening remembrances.
Reflection
Blessing and sin are confessed in the same breath, neither one cancelling the other. The closing line gives the reason the request is directed here at all — that none can forgive sins except Him.
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Common questions
What is the source for this?
Our source line reads Hisn al-Muslim 27:79.
What does this supplication actually say?
In English it reads: “O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no deity worthy of worship except You. You created me, and I am Your servant. I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your blessings upon me, and I acknowledge my sin.
Can I read it without Arabic script?
Transliterated: “allahumma anta rabbi la ilaha illa anta khalaqtani wa ana 'abduka wa ana 'ala 'ahdika wa wa'dika mastata'tu a'udhu bika min sharri ma sana'tu abu'u laka bini'matika 'alayya wa abu'u bidhanbi faghfir li fa innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa anta”
When should you say it?
The chapter sets this among the morning and evening remembrances. Blessing and sin are confessed in the same breath, neither one cancelling the other.