Name 80 of the 99 Names of Allah. See its root and meaning, the verse where it appears, and how to use it in your dua.
Name 80 of 99
التَّوَّابُ
At-Tawwāb
The Accepter of Repentance
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Meaning
At-Tawwab (التَّوَّابُ) means The Accepter of Repentance. It is name 80 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. At-Tawwāb turns to His servants: He guides them to repent, then accepts their repentance, again and again.
At-Tawwab comes from the Arabic root ت و ب (t-w-b), which carries the sense of turning back.
At-Tawwāb is in many verses, usually with Ar-Raḥīm.
فَتَلَقَّىٰٓ ءَادَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ كَلِمَٰتٍۢ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Fatalaqqaaa Aadamu mir Rabbihee Kalimaatin fataaba 'alayh; innahoo Huwat Tawwaabur Raheem
Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.
Quran 2:37. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ تَوَّابًۢا
Fa sab bih bihamdi rabbika was taghfir, innahu kaana tawwaaba
Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance.
Quran 110:3. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا تَوَّابُ (Yā Tawwāb) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Tawwāb, accept my return to You."
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
Rabbigh-fir lī wa tub ʿalayya, innaka antat-tawwābur-raḥīm
My Lord, forgive me and accept my repentance. You are the Accepter of Repentance, the Most Merciful. (The companions counted the Prophet ﷺ saying it a hundred times in one sitting.)
Sunan Abi Dawud 1516; Jami at-Tirmidhi 3434
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Questions
At-Tawwab (التَّوَّابُ) means The Accepter of Repentance. At-Tawwāb turns to His servants: He guides them to repent, then accepts their repentance, again and again.
At-Tawwāb is in many verses, usually with Ar-Raḥīm.
Say Yā Tawwāb (يَا تَوَّابُ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Tawwāb, accept my return to You."
Yes, as Abdut-Tawwab, "servant of At-Tawwab". Names that show servitude to one of Allah's Names are among the best names, as the Prophet ﷺ said of Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman (Sahih Muslim 2132).