Four pairs covering a whole life
Nothing is left in a category of its own.
اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَأَخَّرْتُ وَأَسْرَرْتُ وَأَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ إِلَهِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Ighfir lī mā qaddamtu wa akhkhartu wa asrartu wa aʿlantu. Anta ilāhī lā ilāha illā ant
“Forgive me what I have sent ahead and what I have left behind, what I hid and what I made public. You are my God. There is no god but You.”
Where this comes from
Sent ahead and left behind. Concealed and declared. Between the four of them there is no act that falls outside, which is the reason it is built that way.
The full narration
Ibn `Abbas reported that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up during the night to pray, he used to say:O Allah, to Thee be the praise Thou art the light of the heavens and the earth. To Thee be the praise; Thou art the Supporter of the heavens and the earth. To Thee be the praise; Thou art the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is therein. Thou art the Truth; Thy promise is True, the meeting with Thee is True. Paradise is true, Hell is true, the Hour is true. O Allah, I submit to Thee; affirm my faith in Thee; repose my trust in Thee, and I return to Thee for repentance; by Thy help I have disputed; and to Thee I have come for decision, so forgive me my earlier and later sins, the sins that I committed in secret and openly. Thou art my God. There is no god but Thee
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 1808
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)