After every salat (payer), a Muslim utters this statement at least three times.

After every salat (payer), a Muslim utters this statement at least three times. One hadith (Prophet's tradition) says that Istighfar, the uttering of this statement, is the essence of adoration. Ateeq عتيق: Literally, it means old, obsolete, antinquated, ancient. But the Venerable Ka'ba has always been referred to as البيت العتيق which has more than one meaning: the House which was…