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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Seeking Forgiveness

2. The best supplication (or means of coming closer to Allah) is seeking forgiveness.

2. The best supplication (or means of coming closer to Allah) is seeking forgiveness.

2 أفْضَلُ التَّوَسُّلِ (التَّوَصُّلِ) الاِسْتِغْفارُ.

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5. Seeking forgiveness has the greatest recompense and the quickest reward.

5. Seeking forgiveness has the greatest recompense and the quickest reward.

5 اَلإسْتِغْفارُ أعْظَمُ جَزاءً، وأسْرَعُ مَثُوبَةً.

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7. If the people were to turn in repentance [to Allah] and seek forgiveness whenever they disobeyed [or sinned], they would neither be punished nor would they be destroyed.

7. If the people were to turn in repentance [to Allah] and seek forgiveness whenever they disobeyed [or sinned], they would neither be punished nor would they be destroyed.

7 لَوْ أنَّ النّاسَ حينَ عَصَوْا أنابُوا وَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لَمْ يُعَذَّبُوا وَلَمْيَهْلِكُوا.

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8. One who has been granted [the opportunity to seek] repentance shall not be deprived of forgiveness.

8. One who has been granted [the opportunity to seek] repentance shall not be deprived of forgiveness.

8 مَنْ أُعْطِيَ الاِسْتِغْفارَ لَمْ يُحْرَمِ المَغْفِرَةَ.

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10. What a good means [of gaining the pleasure of Allah] seeking forgiveness is!

10. What a good means [of gaining the pleasure of Allah] seeking forgiveness is!

10 نِعْمَ الوَسيلَةُ اَلاِسْتِغْفارُ.

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