say when bowing and prostrating:

“Glory and praise be to You, O Allah, our Lord. O Allah, forgive me”—thus putting the Quran into practice.

It is also reported in the two Sahīh collections that he, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would say:

“O Allah, forgive my sins, my ignorance, my excesses in my affairs, and whatever You know better than I do. O Allah, forgive what I have done in jest and in earnest, inadvertently and deliberately—and I am guilty of all of these. O Allah, forgive what I have done before and what I have yet to do, what I have concealed and what I have made public. There is no god but You.”

In the two Sahīh collections, Abū Bakr al-Siddīq, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “O Messenger of Allah, teach me a supplication to recite in my prayer.” He replied:

“Say: ‘O Allah, I have greatly wronged myself, and none forgives sins but You. So grant me forgiveness from Yourself and have mercy on me. Indeed, You are the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’”

In the Sunan collections, Abū Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “O Messenger of Allah, teach me a supplication to recite in the morning and evening.” He replied:

“Say: ‘O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Lord and Sovereign of all things, I testify that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own soul, from the evil of Satan and his incitement to associate partners with You, and from committing evil against myself or bringing it upon another Muslim.’ Say this in the morning, in the evening, and when you go to bed.”

No one, then, should imagine that they have no need to repent to Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins. Rather, everyone constantly needs this.

Allah, Blessed and Most High, said:

“But it was undertaken by