اِسْتَغْفَرَseek forgiveness

Example sentences

• وحين تزلُّ قدمُك فتقول أستغفرُ الله، فالمعنى أطلبُ سترَ الذنب ومحوَ أثره، وأتبعه بإصلاحٍ عمليٍّ يُثبتُ صدق الطلب

  And when your foot slips and you say, 'I seek forgiveness from Allah,' the meaning is: I ask for the covering of the sin and the erasure of its effect, and follow it with practical correction proving the sincerity of the request.

  أَسْتَغْفِرُ — I seek forgiveness. 'I ask forgiveness', present with 'I' built in. The form is 'seek the X' — here seeking God's covering of sin; it governs its object directly.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →