رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي
Rabbi inni dhalamtu nafsi faghfir li
My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me.
Musa (AS) said this after accidentally killing a man. He had just committed the gravest mistake of his life — yet his immediate instinct was to turn to Allah, not to run. And Allah forgave him on the spot: "So He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful" (28:16). No penance, no waiting period. Sincere acknowledgment was enough.
Related Du'as
رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ كَرِيمٌ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
O Allah, You are the Pardoner, the Most Generous, and You love to pardon, so pardon me.
Sahihرَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
Sahihأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ
I seek Allah's forgiveness and I repent to Him. (The Prophet ﷺ used to say this more than 100 times a day.)
Sahih