Dua Of Ali (a.s.) Seeking Forgiveness

Dua pr escribed by Hazr at Ali (A.S.) seeking f or giv en ess In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Represented by: Dr. Izzat Husain

O Allah I seek forgiveness from those things which I have repeated after repenting for it and I repent to You for those things which were intended for You but while doing them the intention changed which was not for You. And I seek your forgiveness from those bounties which were Bestowed for Your obedience but I used them for Your disobedience and I repent for it that there is no one other than Allah, He is the living, the self existing, Knower of the unseen and Omnipresent, the Beneficent the Merciful. I seek forgiveness for all those sins which I have committed and of all those sins which I have initiated. O Allah give me perfect Intelligence and enlighten my wishes and intellect, clean heart, Abundance knowledge, clear ethics, all these things which are beneficial to me and not harmful to me. O the One Who is most Beneficial by Your mercy (then recite five times) "I seek refuge in Allah there is no lord except Him, the living, the self existent. To Him do I repent. (I seek forgiveness from Allah Who is without a heir and is alive, and the Supporter of the universe and I turn to Him in repentance.)