TAWBAH AND ISTIGHFAR

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Like Iman and good deeds are intertwined and inseparable, Tawbah and Istighfar are two inseparable things – you cannot have one without the other.
To feel regret, remorseful and bad about an act that you have done and then return to Allah(s.w.t) is Tawbah. Regrets and remorse are feelings that emanate from the heart just as being happy and cheerful, as such Tawbah is a thing of the heart, it is to regret and feel bad about something you’ve done that is bad from the depth of your heart and then return to Allah(s.w.t), as sin distances us from Him(subhanok).
To ask for forgiveness verbally is to do Istighfar, at this point it becomes clear that this two are inseparable but sequential – one comes before the other, the first being Tawbah and the second, Istighfar.
You can’t really be sincere about doing Istighfar when you don’t actually feel regret or remorse over what you’ve done, this is (probably) one of the reasons why we see many people returning to a sinful act for which they made Istighfar – they don’t really feel bad about their actions.
Let me make something clear, one may make Istighfar without necessarily committing a sin known to him/her, because there are sins that we commit but have forgotten or are unaware of.
As some scholars said, Tawbah is of the essence of our creation, and it is of what Allah(s.w.t) meant by His statement to the angel
“I know that which you do not know”
The Ulama said, though Allah(s.w.t) knew that we would commit sins as the angels have also said we would, He(s.w.t) also knew that we would ask for forgiveness and then will his attribute of being the forgiver(Al-Ghafur) and the merciful(Ar-Rahmon) be made manifested.
I leave you with the words of Allah(s.w.t)
“Say; O Ibadi(my slaves) who have transgressed against themselves(by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah, verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is the Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful
And turn in repentance and in obedience with true faith(Islamic monotheism) to you Lord and submit to Him,(in Islam), before the torment comes upon you, (and) then you will not be helped” 
(Quran 39v53-54)
From the desk of a creative Muslim
Abdultoyyib ibn Musediq

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