Instructions
Dua Al Tawbah مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Dua Al Tawbah as recorded in authentic Shia supplication manuals and traditions of the Holy Infallibles ('a).
Dua Al Tawbah kama ilivyonukuliwa katika vitabu sahihi vya dua na mapokezi ya Maimamu Watakatifu ('a).
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-Raḥmāni ar-raḥīmi
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Kwa jina la Mwenyezi Mungu, Mwingi wa Rehema, Mwenye Kurehemu.
اَللَّهُمَّ إنّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذُنُوبِي وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ
Allāhumma ʾnny ʾastaghfiruka lidhunūbī waʾatūbu ʾilayka
O Allah! I seek Your forgiveness for my sins and I repent to You.
Ee Mwenyezi Mungu! Ninakuomba msamaha kwa dhambi zangu na ninatubia Kwako.
اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي الَّتِي تُغَيِّرُ النِّعَمَ
Aghfir lī dhunūbī at-tī tughayyiru an-niʿama
Forgive me my sins which alter blessings.
Nisamehe dhambi zangu ambazo hubadilisha neema.
اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي الَّتِي تُنْزِلُ النِّقَمَ
Aghfir lī dhunūbī at-tī tunzilu an-niqama
Forgive me my sins which bring down afflictions.
Nisamehe dhambi zangu ambazo huleta matatizo.
اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي الَّتِي تَحْبِسُ الدُّعَاءَ
Aghfir lī dhunūbī at-tī taḥbisu ad-duʿāʾa
Forgive me my sins which withhold supplication.
Nisamehe dhambi zangu ambazo huzuia maombi.
اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي الَّتِي تُنْزِلُ الْبَلاَءَ
Aghfir lī dhunūbī at-tī tunzilu al-balāʾa
Forgive me my sins which bring down trials.
Nisamehe dhambi zangu ambazo husababisha mitihani.
اغْفِرْ لِي كُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ وَكُلَّ خَطِيئَةٍ أَخْطَأْتُهَا
Aghfir lī kulla dhanbin ʾadhnabtuhu wakulla khaṭīʾatin ʾakhṭaʾtuhā
Forgive me every sin I have committed and every mistake I have made.
Nisamehe kila dhambi niliyoifanya na kila kosa nililofanya.
اَللَّهُمَّ إنّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِذِكْرِكَ
Allāhumma ʾnny ʾataqarrabu ʾilayka bidhikrika
O Allah! I draw near to You through Your remembrance.
Ee Mwenyezi Mungu! Ninakukaribia kupitia kwa kukukumbuka.
وَأَسْتَشْفِعُ بِكَ إِلَى نَفْسِكَ
Waʾastashfiʿu bika ʾilā nafsika
And I seek intercession with You to Yourself.
Na nakuomba uwe mwombezi wangu kwako Mwenyewe.
وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي الَّتِي لاَ يَغْفِرُهَا غَيْرُكَ
Waʾastaghfiruka min dhunūbī at-tī lā yaghfiruhā ghayruka
And I seek Your forgiveness for my sins which none but You can forgive.
Na nakuomba msamaha kwa dhambi zangu ambazo hakuna yeyote ila Wewe anaweza kusamehe.
اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ خَيْرِ عَبِيدِكَ نَصِيباً عِنْدَكَ
Allāhumma ajʿalnī min khayri ʿabīdika naṣīb ʿindaka
O Allah! Make me among the best of Your servants in share before You.
Ee Mwenyezi Mungu! Nifanye niwe miongoni mwa waja Wako bora mbele Yako.
وَأَقْرَبِهِمْ مَنْزِلَةً مِنْكَ
Waʾaqrabihim manzilatan minka
And the closest of them in station to You.
Na walio karibu zaidi na Wewe kwa cheo.
وَأَخَصِّهِمْ زُلْفَةً لَدَيْكَ
Waʾakhaṣṣihim zulfatan ladayka
And the most honored of them in closeness to You.
Na walioheshimiwa zaidi kwa ukaribu na Wewe.
فَإنَّهُ لاَ يُنَالُ ذَلِكَ إلاَّ بِفَضْلِكَ
Faʾnnahu lā yunālu dhalika ʾlā bifaḍlika
For indeed none can attain that except through Your grace.
Hakika hakuna anaweza kufikia hilo ila kwa fadhila Zako.
وَاجْعَلْنِي أَسْتَمِرُّ فِي ذِكْرِكَ
Wājʿalnī ʾastamirru fī dhikrika
And make me persistent in remembering You.
Na nifanye niwe mwenye kudumu katika kukukumbuka.
وَلاَ أَنْقَطِعُ عَنْ خِدْمَتِكَ
Walā ʾanqaṭiʿu ʿan khidmatika
And never cut off from serving You.
Na nisiwahi kukatika katika kukuhudumia.
اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَأَجَابَكَ
Allāhumma ajʿalnī mimman nādaytahu faʾajābaka
O Allah! Make me among those whom You called and they responded to You.
Ee Mwenyezi Mungu! Nifanye niwe miongoni mwa wale uliowaita na wakakuitikia.
وَلَاحَظْتَهُ فَصَعِقَ لِجَلاَلِكَ
Walāḥaẓtahu faṣaʿiqa lijalālika
And those whom You looked upon, so they were awed by Your majesty.
Na wale uliowaangalia, wakazimia kwa utukufu Wako.
فَنَاجَيْتَهُ سِرّاً وَعَمِلَ لَكَ جَهْراً
Fanājaytahu sirr waʿamila laka jahr
Those whom You conversed with secretly, and who worked for You openly.
Uliowazungumzia kwa siri, na waliokutumikia kwa wazi.
اَللَّهُمَّ لَمْ أُعَامِلْكَ حَقَّ مُعَامَلَتِكَ
Allāhumma lam ʾuʿāmilka ḥaqqa muʿāmalatika
O Allah! I have not dealt with You as You deserve to be dealt with.
Ee Mwenyezi Mungu! Sikukushughulikia kama unavyostahiki kushughulikiwa.
وَلَمْ أَعْبُدْكَ حَقَّ عِبَادَتِكَ
Walam ʾaʿbudka ḥaqqa ʿibādatika
And I have not worshipped You as You deserve to be worshipped.
Wala sikukuabudu kama unavyostahiki kuabudiwa.
وَلَمْ أَشْكُرْ نِعَمَكَ كُلَّهَا
Walam ʾashkur niʿamaka kullahā
And I have not thanked You for all of Your blessings.
Wala sijaushukuru ukamilifu wa neema Zako.
وَلَمْ أُجَانِبْ مَعَاصِيَكَ كُلَّهَا
Walam ʾujānib maʿāṣiyaka kullahā
And I have not avoided all of Your disobedience.
Wala sikuepuka makosa Yako yote.
وَقَدْ قَصَدْتُكَ بِطَلَبَتِي
Waqad qaṣadtuka biṭalabatī
Yet I have turned to You with my request.
Lakini nimekukusudia Wewe kwa ombi langu.
وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِحَاجَتِي
Watawajjahtu ʾilayka biḥājatī
And I have directed myself to You with my need.
Na nimeelekeza haja yangu Kwako.
وَجَعَلْتُ بِكَ اسْتِغَاثَتِي
Wajaʿaltu bika astighāthatī
And I have placed my cry for help with You.
Na nimeweka kilio changu cha msaada Kwako.
وَبِدُعَائِكَ تَوَسُّلِي
Wabiduʿāʾika tawassulī
And by supplicating to You is my means of approach.
Na kwa kukuomba Wewe ndio njia yangu ya kukukaribia.
فَاسْتَمِعْ دُعَائِي وَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي مِنْ سُؤَالِي
Fāstamiʿ duʿāʾī walā taruddanī min suʾālī
So hear my supplication and do not turn me back from my request.
Basi sikiliza maombi yangu na usinirejeshe bila ya haja yangu.
وَاقْضِ لِي حَاجَتِي
Wāqḍi lī ḥājatī
And fulfill my need for me.
Na unijalie haja yangu.
يَا مَنْ لاَ تَشْغَلُهُ شَأْنٌ عَنْ شَأْنٍ
Yā man lā tashghaluhu shaʾnun ʿan shaʾnin
O You whom no affair distracts from another.
Ee Wewe ambaye hakuna jambo linalokuzuilia kushughulikia jingine.
وَلاَ يَلْتَبِسُ عَلَيْهِ سُؤَالُ سَائِلٍ
Walā yaltabisu ʿalayhi suʾālu sāʾilin
And no request of a requester confuses Him.
Wala ombi la muombaji halimchanganyi.
وَلاَ يَغْلِطُهُ الْحَاحُ الْمُلِحِّينَ
Walā yaghliṭuhu al-ḥāḥu al-muliḥḥīna
And the insistence of the insistent does not trouble Him.
Na kusisitiza kwa wenye kusisitiza hakumchoshi.
فَأَعْطِنِي مَسْأَلَتِي وَاقْضِ لِي حَاجَتِي
Faʾaʿṭinī masʾalatī wāqḍi lī ḥājatī
So grant me my request and fulfill my need.
Basi nipe haja yangu na utimizie ombi langu.
وَاجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ يُقِيمُ ذِكْرَكَ وَلاَ يَنْقُضُ عَهْدَكَ
Wājʿalnī mimman yuqīmu dhikraka walā yanquḍu ʿahdaka
And make me among those who uphold Your remembrance and never break Your covenant.
Na nifanye niwe miongoni mwa wanaokudumisha kwa kukukumbuka na wasiovunja ahadi Yako.
وَلاَ يَغْفُلُ عَنْ شُكْرِ نِعْمَائِكَ
Walā yaghfulu ʿan shukri niʿmāʾika
And never neglect showing gratitude for Your blessings.
Wala nisiwahi kusahau kushukuru neema Zako.
وَلاَ يَسْتَخِفُّ بِحُرْمَتِكَ
Walā yastakhiffu biḥurmatika
And never take Your sanctity lightly.
Na nisiwe mwenye kuidharau heshima Yako.
فَأَدْخِلْنِي فِي جُمْلَةِ التَّائِبِينَ
Faʾadkhilnī fī jumlati at-tāʾibīna
So include me among those who repent.
Basi niingize miongoni mwa wenye kutubia.
وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Wājʿalnī min ʿibādika aṣ-ṣāliḥīna
And make me among Your righteous servants.
Na nifanye niwe miongoni mwa waja Wako wema.
وَارْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ الْمَآبِ
Wārzuqnī ḥusna al-maʾābi
And grant me a good return (to You).
Na uniruzuku marejeo mema (Kwako).
وَاجْعَلْ عَاقِبَتِي إِلَى خَيْرٍ
Wājʿal ʿāqibatī ʾilā khayrin
And make my end directed towards goodness.
Na uifanye hatima yangu iwe katika kheri.
وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَوْفَى عِبَادِكَ بِعَهْدِكَ
Wājʿalnī min ʾawfā ʿibādika biʿahdika
And make me among the most faithful of Your servants to Your covenant.
Na nifanye niwe miongoni mwa waja Wako waaminifu zaidi katika ahadi Yako.
وَأَقْوَمِهِمْ بِطَاعَتِكَ
Waʾaqwamihim biṭāʿatika
And the most steadfast of them in obeying You.
Na walio thabiti zaidi katika kukutii.
وَأَخْلِصْهُمْ فِي عِبَادَتِكَ
Waʾakhliṣhum fī ʿibādatika
And the most sincere of them in worshipping You.
Na walio wa dhati zaidi katika kukuabudu.
يَا عَظِيمَ الرَّجَاءِ
Yā ʿaẓīma ar-rajāʾi
O Great One in whom hope is placed!
Ee Mwenye Utukufu wa kutumainiwa!
يَا عَالِيَ الْعَطَاءِ
Yā ʿāliya al-ʿaṭāʾi
O Exalted in giving!
Ee Mtoaji Mkuu!
يَا مَنْ لاَ يَنْقَضِي لَهُ دَهْرٌ
Yā man lā yanqaḍī lahu dahrun
O He whom no age diminishes!
Ee Yeye ambaye zama hazimfutii!
يَا مَنْ لاَ يَنْقُصُ خَزَائِنُهُ عَطَاءٌ
Yā man lā yanquṣu khazāʾinuhu ʿaṭāʾun
O He whose treasures are never diminished by giving!
Ee Yeye ambaye hazina Zake hazipungui kwa kutoa!
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Ṣalli ʿalā muḥammadin waʾāli muḥammadin
Send Your blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.
Mpeleke rehema Zako Muhammad na kizazi cha Muhammad.
وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ
Wāghfir lī mā qaddamtu wamā ʾakkhartu
And forgive me what I have sent forth and what I have left behind.
Na nisamehe yale niliyoyatanguliza na yale niliyoyaahirisha.
وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ
Wamā ʾasrartu wamā ʾaʿlantu
And what I have hidden and what I have made public.
Na yale niliyoyaficha na yale niliyoyadhihirisha.
وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي
Wamā ʾanta ʾaʿlamu bihi minnī
And what You know better about me than I know myself.
Na yale unayoyajua vyema zaidi kuliko mimi mwenyewe.
أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ
ʾanta al-muqaddimu waʾanta al-muʾakkhiru
For You are the One who brings forward and the One who delays.
Hakika Wewe ndiye unayetanguliza na Wewe ndiye unayechelewesha.
لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Lā ʾilāha ʾilā ʾanta
There is no god but You.
Hakuna mungu ila Wewe.
