Enjoying a Good Life-- Ask Forgiveness and Repent

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

Allah distinguished between istighfar (asking for forgiveness)and tawba (repentance). The entrance into the gates of repentance is from istighfar. First you tell Allah that you are sorry and you acknowledge what you have done wrong. After that you take practical steps not to fall into that trap again. Inshaa Allah you will have a good life in this world before the next.

وَأَنِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم مَّتَاعًا حَسَنًا إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِي فَضْلٍ فَضْلَهُ ۖ وَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ كَبِيرٍ ﴿٣﴾

And [saying], "Seek forgiveness of your Lord and repent to Him, [and] He will let you enjoy a good provision for a specified term and give every doer of favor his favor. But if you turn away, then indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a great Day. [Quran, Hud 11:3]

May Allah grant us good in this life and the next, and save from the Hellfire. Ameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam