Ask Allah for forgiveness...

Ask Allah for forgiveness, well-being and good success [in carrying out His ordinances]. 12ـ سَلُوا اللّهَ العَفْوَ والعافِيَةَ وحُسْنَ التَّوفيقِ. Make your supplication sincere, for this makes it more worthy of a response. 13ـ عَلَيكَ بِإخلاْصِ الدُّعاءِ فَإنَّهُ أخْلَقُ بِالإجابَةِ. Not every supplication is answered. 14ـ لَيْسَ كُلُّ دُعاء يُجابُ. One who is given the [opportunity of] supplication will not be deprived of the response. 15ـ مَنْ أُعطِيَ الدُّعاءَ لَمْ يُحْرَمِ الإجابَةَ.

Whoever calls upon [and supplicates to] Allah, He answers him. 16ـ مَنْ دَعَا اللّهَ أجابَهُ. The one who is afflicted by severe tribulation is no more in need of supplication than the one who is doing well but is not secure from tribulations. 17ـ مَا المُبْتَلَى الَّذي قَدِ اشْتَدَّ بِهِ البَلاءُ أحْوَجَ إلَى الدُّعاءِ مِنَ المُعافَى الَّذي لا يَأمَنُ البَلاءَ. What a good weapon supplication is! 18ـ نِعمَ السِّلاحُ الدُّعاءُ.

Do not reckon that your supplication is being answered [too] slowly while you have obstructed its path with [your] sins. 19ـ لا تَسْتَبْطِئْ إجابَةَ دُعائِكَ وَقَدْسَدَدْتَ طريقَهُ بِالذُّنُوبِ. Never get disheartened by a delayed answer to [your] supplication, for indeed that which is granted is commensurate with the intention, and sometimes the answer might be delayed so that it may result in a greater reward for the seeker and a more bountiful grant for the recipient.

20ـ لا يُقَنَّطِنَّكَ تَأخِيرُ إجابَةِ الدُّعاءِ فَإنَّ العَطِيَّةَ على قَدْرِ النِّيَّةِ، ورُبَّما تَأخَّرَتِ الإجابَةُ لِيَكُونَ ذلِكَ أعْظَمَ لأِجْرِ السائِلِ، وَأجْزَلَ لِعَطاءِ النَّائِلِ. Whoever asks Allah, He grants to him. 21ـ مَنْ سَألَ اللّهَ أعْطاهُ. There is nothing more beloved to Allah, the Glorified, than being beseeched. 22ـ ما مِنْ شَيْء أحَبُّ إلَى اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ مِنْ أنْ يُسْألْ.

Do not ask [from anyone] other than Allah, the Glorified, for indeed if He grants [your wishes to] you, He honours you [at the same time] and if He withholds from you, He does it for your own welfare [and benefit]. 23ـ لا تَسْألُوا إلاّ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ، فَإنَّهُ إنْ أعْطاكُمْ أكْرَمَكُمْ، وإنْ مَنَعَكُمْ خارَ(حاز) لَكُمْ.