Du’a: #42 You Are The One and Only

Imām Abū Dāwūd reports, that the Prophet ṣallā Allāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam entered the mosque and found a man who was about to finish his prayers. He heard the man supplicating in his prayers with the following du‘ā’. After hearing that the Prophet ṣallā Allāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: “he is forgiven… he is forgiven… he is forgiven.” The du‘ā’ reads:

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّـي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللهُ، الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ، الَّذِي لَـمْ يَلِدْ وَلَـمْ يُولَدْ، وَلَـمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ، أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِـي ذُنُوبِـي؛ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.ـ

Pluralized

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللهُ، الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ، الَّذِي لَـمْ يَلِدْ وَلَـمْ يُولَدْ، وَلَـمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ، أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا؛ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.ـ

“O Allah, I ask you, O Allah, the One, the Eternally Besought of all, He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none comparable unto Him, that you may forgive me my sins, you are Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

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