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Is the formula of seeking forgiveness, "I seek forgiveness from God Almighty, other than Whom there is no god, the Living, the Sustaining, and to Whom I repent," considered an insult to the Prophet, and should one disregard the whispers of "you are mocking" and "you are allowing yourself"?

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There is no offense in what the questioner has said. In the supplication, "Al-Hayy Al-Qayyum" (The Ever-Living, The Self-Subsisting) can be recited with either the nominative ( رفع ) or accusative ( نصب ) case. The former is more common and well-known. They could be an adjective for the word "Allah" (Allah's glorious name), or a substitute for the pronoun "He" (هو), or for the purpose of praise, or the predicate of a deleted subject. The questioner is advised to ignore whispering doubts (waswasa).

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