His Supplication in Repentance

Thee, strengthen my insight in worshipping Thee, give me the success of workswhich will wash away the defilement of offenses, and take me when Thou takest mein Thy creed and the creed of Thy prophet Muhammad (upon him be peace). 14- O God, I repent to Thee in this my station from my sins, great and small, my evil deeds, inward and outward, my lapses, past and recent, with the repentance of one who does nottell himself that he might disobeyor secretly think that he might return to an offense. 15- Thou hast said, my God, in the firm text of Thy Book, that Thou acceptest repentance from Thy servants, 2pardonest evil deeds, 3and lovest the repenters, 4so accept my repentance as Thou hast promised, pardon my evil deeds as thou hast guaranteed, and make obligatory toward me Thy loveas Thou hast stipulated! 16- To Thee, my Lord, belongs my stipulationthat I will not return to what is disliked by Thee, my guarantee that I will not go backto what Thou blamest, and my covenant that I will stay awayfrom acts of disobedience to Thee. 17- O God, Thou knowest better what I have done, so forgive me what Thou knowestand turn me through Thy power to what Thou lovest! 18- O God, counted against me are claims that stay in my memoryand claims that I have forgotten, while all of them remain in Thy eye that does not sleepand Thy knowledge that does not forget! So compensate their owners, lighten their load upon me, lift up their weight from me, and preserve me from approaching their like! 19- O God, but I can not be faithful to my repentance without Thy preservation, nor can I refrain from offenses without Thy strength. So strengthen me with a sufficient strengthand attend to me with a defending preservation! 20- O God, if any servant repents to Thee, while in Thy knowledge of the Unseen he will break his repentanceand return to his sin and offense, I seek refuge in Thee lest I be like that! So make this my repentancea repentance after which I will need no repentanceand a repentance which will obligate the erasing of what has gone byand safety in what remains! 21- O God, I ask pardon from Thee for my ignorance, and I ask Thee to disregard my evil acts! So join me to the shelter of Thy mercythrough graciousnessand cover me with the covering of Thy well-being through bounteousness! 22- O God, I repent to Thee from everything opposed to Thy will or far from Thy love- the thoughts of my heart, the glances of my eye, the tales of my tongue -with a repentance through which each bodily part will by itself stay safe from ill consequences with Theeand remain secure from Thy painful penaltiesfeared by transgressors! 23- O God, so have mercy on m