Prayers for Forgiveness: Seeking Spiritual Enlightenment through Sincere Supplication
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Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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About The Book
The act of seeking forgiveness is what gives us the opening we need after feeling overwhelmed by the burden of sin. Forgiveness means a way out, a second chance, a feeling of hope with which to turn a new page in life. It is through the seeking of forgiveness that we begin to understand that there is no reason whatsoever to despair of the mercy of Allah.
Islam encourages us to not run away in fear of Allah but rather to turn toward Allah the same way a baby would run into its mother’s lap. So lovingly does Allah, Most High, address His sinful servants:
“Say (to humanity, O Muhammad): O My servants—those (of you) who have committed (sins in great) excess against their own souls—never despair of the mercy of Allah! For, indeed, Allah forgives sins, one and all. Indeed, it is He who is the All-Forgiving, the Mercy-Giving. So turn in penitence to your Lord. And submit yourselves to Him.”
- (Al-Qur’an 39:53–54)
This collection of seventy prayers for forgiveness [istighfarat] is attributed to one of the greatest spiritual luminaries of the past, Hasan al-Basri, and it has been presented here to offer a way for us to navigate through the complications and pitfalls of this life. Set out in Arabic script, with adjoining translation in English, this edition also includes transliteration of the prayers to facilitate reading for those who are not so well-versed in Arabic.
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About the author
Hasan al-Basri: Al-Hasan al-Basri rahimahullah (21-110 AH) stands among the most celebrated scholars, preachers, and spiritual exemplars of early Islam. Born in 21 AH, he grew up in the household of Umm Salama radiyallahu anha, a wife of the Prophet ﷺ, which afforded him the rare opportunity to sit with many of the Companions. His command of the Qur'an and hadith, combined with an exceptional personal piety and restraint, elevated him above his contemporaries in Basra and Kufa. Contemporary scholars praised him in the highest terms: Thabit ibn Qurra described him as resembling a bright star in learning, piety, forbearance, restraint, frankness, and sound judgment. His lectures on the hereafter and his accounts of the Companions were renowned for moving his audiences to tears, a quality attributed not merely to rhetorical skill but to the sincerity of his character and the nobility of his soul. He passed away on Friday, 5 Rajab 110 AH, at the age of 89. The entire population of Basra attended his funeral, and for the first time in the city's history the congregational mosque was left empty at the time of the Asr prayer.
About the translator
Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera: Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (b. 1974 CE) is a British Islamic scholar, author, translator, and publisher working firmly within the Hanafi school of law and the Deobandi tradition. A memorizer of the Qurʾan, he studied with accomplished teachers across the United Kingdom, South Africa, India, and Syria. He graduated from the Darul Uloom seminary in Bury and earned a specialized license to issue fatwa (ifta) at the renowned Mazahir ʿUlum in Saharanpur, India. Pursuing learning in both the Islamic and Western traditions, he took a BA at Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg and completed an MA and PhD in Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. He is the founder of the Whitethread Institute, a postgraduate institute for training Islamic scholars, and of Zamzam Academy, and he directs the publishing house White Thread Press, through which much of his written and editorial work appears. His scholarship spans Hanafi jurisprudence, creed, hadith, and practical guidance for Muslim life. His best-known book is Fiqh al-Imam: Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh; he also produced an explained edition of Imam Abu Hanifa's Al-Fiqh al-Akbar and translated classical works such as Zad al-Talibin (Provisions for the Seekers). He was named among The 500 Most Influential Muslims, and serves as a teacher and imam in the UK and the United States.
About the foreword writer
Husain Abdul Sattar: Husain Abdul Sattar (b. 1972 CE) is an American scholar and physician based in Chicago, known for joining traditional Islamic learning to a distinguished medical career. As an undergraduate at the University of Chicago he studied Biology, Arabic, and Islamic Civilization, then trained at its Pritzker School of Medicine. He became a professor of pathology and a practicing surgical pathologist, and is widely recognized in medical education for his textbook Fundamentals of Pathology and the Pathoma course used by students worldwide. Alongside this professional path, he devoted decades to the Islamic sciences. He studied Arabic grammar (nahw), Hanafi jurisprudence (fiqh), and the principles of jurisprudence with scholars in Chicago, and from 1994 pursued the discipline of tasawwuf, traveling to Syria and to Pakistan, where he undertook a traditional curriculum at Jamia Faridia in Islamabad. He received authorization to teach tasawwuf in 2001. He follows the Hanafi school in law. He founded Sacred Learning, an institution centered on the purification of the soul, and teaches and lectures across the United States. His written works, including the Fundamentals of Classical Arabic series and guides to Hajj, dhikr, and acts of worship, are valued for presenting the methods of the classical scholars in clear, practical form for English-speaking students.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781933764078
Publisher
White Thread Press
Author
Hasan al-Basri
Pages
92
Translator
Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
Year Published
2005
Size
W-4.5 in | H-5.5 in | D-0.4 in
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