Gatherings

01 · During & at the End of a Gathering #1

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيْمُ

Rabbi-ghfir lī wa tub ʿalayy, innaka Anta-t-Tawwābu-r-Raḥīm.

My Lord, forgive me and pardon me. Indeed, You are the Acceptor of repentance, the Ever Merciful.

- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ‘anhuma) said: “We counted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying [the above] a hundred times during one single sitting.” (Abū Dāwūd 1516 Tirmidhī 3434)

02 · During & at the End of a Gathering #2

اَللّٰهُمَّ اقْسِمْ لَنَا مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ مَا يَحُوْلُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ مَعَاصِيْكَ ، وَمِنْ طَاعَتِكَ مَا تُبَلِّغُنَا بِهِ جَنَّتَكَ ، وَمِنَ الْيَقِيْنِ مَا تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا مُصِيْبَاتِ الدُّنْيَا ، وَمَتِّعْنَا بِأَسْمَاعِنَا وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَقُوَّتِنَا مَا أَحْيَيْتَنَا ، وَاجْعَلْهُ الْوَارِثَ مِنَّا ، وَاجْعَلْ ثَأْرَنَا عَلَىٰ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا ، وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَىٰ مَنْ عَادَانَا ، وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مُصِيْبَتَنَا فِيْ دِيْنِنَا ، وَلَا تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّنَا ، وَلَا مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا ، وَلَا تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيْنَا مَنْ لَّا يَرْحَمُنَا

Allāhumma-q-sim lanā min khashyatika mā yaḥūlu baynanā wa bayna maʿāṣīk, wa min ṭāʿatika mā tuballighunā bihī jannatak, wa mina-l-yaqīni mā tuhawwinu bihī ʿalaynā muṣībāti-d-dunyā, wa mattiʿnā bi asmāʿinā wa abṣārinā wa quwwatinā mā aḥyaytanā, wa-j-ʿalhu-l-wāritha minnā, wa-j-ʿal tha’ranā ʿalā man ẓalamanā, wa-n-ṣurnā ʿalā man ʿādānā, wa lā tajʿal muṣībatanā fī dīninā, wa lā tajʿali-d-dunyā akbara hamminā, wa lā mablagha ʿilminā, wa lā tusalliṭ ʿalaynā mal-lā yarḥamunā.

O Allah, apportion for us enough fear and awe of You to prevent us from sinning against You; and enough obedience to You by which You make us reach Your Paradise; and enough certainty by which You make the difficulties of this world easy for us. Let us enjoy our hearing, our sight and our strength as long as You allow us to live — and keep (our senses) healthy and sound until we die. Let our vengeance be upon those who have wronged us, and help us against those who harbour enmity towards us. Do not let our afflictions be in our religion; do not make the world our biggest concern, or the full extent of our knowledge; and do not give power over us to anyone who will not have mercy on us.

- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhumā) said: “Rarely would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rise from a gathering without supplicating for his companions with [the above].” (Tirmidhī 3502)

03 · During & at the End of a Gathering #3

سُبْحَانَكَ اللّٰهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَّا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وأَتُوْبُ إِلَيْكَ

Subḥānaka-llāhumma wa bi ḥamdik, ash-hadu al-lā ilāha illā Ant, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk.

You are free from imperfection, O Allah, and all praise is to You. I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship except You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.

- The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever sits in a gathering in which there is much meaningless chatter, and says [the above] before he gets up to leave that gathering — he will be forgiven for all that took place in that gathering.” (Tirmidhī 3433)

04 · Concluding the Recitation of the Qur'an

سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ ، لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوْبُ إِلَيْكَ

Subḥānaka wa bi ḥamdik, lā ilāha illā Ant, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk.

You are free from imperfection, and all praise is to You. There is no god worthy of worship except You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.

- ʿĀ’ishah (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhā) said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never sat in a gathering, or recited Qur’ān, or performed a prayer except that he would conclude that act with these words.” She says: “So I asked him: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I see that you do not sit in a gathering, recite Qur’ān or perform prayer except that you conclude with these words?’ He replied: ‘Yes. Whoever uttered good words, then [the above] will be a seal for them; and whoever uttered something evil, then these words will be its expiation.’” (Nasā’ī in al-Sunan al-Kubrā’ 10067, Nasā’ī in ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-l-Laylah 308, Ṭabarānī in al-Duʿā’ 1912)