I want to know if Istighfaar (asking forgiveness) with the intention of repenting (regret, sincerity, and so on) is counted as repentance or if the only way of repenting is praying Salat At-Tawbah ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Huntsville's third annual Area-Wide Repentance Day Prayer Breakfast was held Sept. 8 after 40 days of prayer and consecration. More than 60 ministers and leaders from several ...

“Repentance, prayer, and righteousness avert the evil decree.” I’ve struggled for years with this powerful piece of prayer from the u’netaneh tokef that we recite on Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur. The ...

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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. The person who suffers from ...

The prayer of supplication includes petition. As the Holy Spirit moves within us, the first impulse toward petition is repentance. As we draw closer to God, we realize who we are before him, how we ...

Due to inclement weather, Pope John Paul II's general audience on May 8 took place in the Paul VI Audience Hall instead of St. Peter's Square. Over 10,000 pilgrims were present. The Holy Father ...

Area pastors and civic leaders prayed for safety, community and revival Thursday in observance of the National Day of Prayer. LIMA — Area pastors and civic leaders prayed for peace, revival and ...

On the High Holidays, we sing a prayer titled U'netaneh Tokef: Infuriated, the archbishop ordered that more than his tongue, rabbi Amnon's arms and legs were to be amputated limb by limb until he ...

Maybe the most emotionally-charged of all the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur prayers is וּנְתַנֶּה תֹּקֶף, U-netanneh Tokef, which appears in the Mussaf (Additional Service) of both: “We hereby ...