Quran

I Have Wronged Myself, So Forgive Me

Quran 28:16

رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي

Transliteration

Rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī faghfir lī.

Translation

My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me.

Meaning and benefit

For seeking Allah’s mercy, guidance, protection, and goodness through a Quranic supplication.

Background

This is the du‘ā’ Musā (‘alayhis-salām) made after he unintentionally killed a Coptic man. He realised that it was only through turning to Allah (subḥānahū wa ta‘ālā) that he could make things right. He cried out ‘My Rabb’. We too should cry out to our ‘Rabb’ when we have wronged. We should then acknowledge our sins, as acknowledging one’s sins and shortcomings is a sunnah of the Prophets and Messengers (‘alayhimus-Salām). And thereafter, we should ask Allah to forgive us.

When to recite

Repentance

Source note

Classification: Quranic

Quranic supplication. The wording is from the Quran, so the Arabic should be recited as it appears in the mushaf.

Quran references

Al-Qasas 28:16

Sources

Quran source — Quran 28:16