NEVER DESPAIR IN ALLAH'S MERCY

 

 

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NEVER DESPAIR IN HIS MERCY

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Repent while you still can

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 ۞ قُلۡ یَـٰعِبَادِیَ ٱلَّذِینَ أَسۡرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰۤ أَنفُسِهِمۡ لَا تَقۡنَطُوا۟ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ یَغۡفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِیعًاۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ 

 

[Surah Az-Zumar: 53]

 

قُل يَاعِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسرَفُوا

 

Say: oh my slaves, those who have transgressed!

Allah ﷻ says اسرفوا Transgressed!

 

Meaning He is being compassionate towards to you!

 

He didn’t say فسقوا

 

(Committed a great sin)!

 

He didn’t say اجرموا

 

(Committed a Crime)!

 

قُل يَاعِبَادِي الَّذِينَ أَسرَفُوا عَلٰى أَنفُسِهِم

 

Say: oh my slaves who have transgressed against themselves

 

لَا تَقنَطُوا مِن رَّحمَةِ اللهِ

 

Don’t despair in the mercy of Allah

إِنَّ اللهَ يَغفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا

 

Surely Allah forgives all sins

 

إِنَّهُ هُوَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيم

 

Surely He is the most forgiving, the most beneficent!

[39:53]

 

Allah ﷻ sends down this Ayah, for the sinners, for the struggling, for those in disarray!

 

Oh you who have transgressed!

 

Allah ﷻ wants you to repent sincerely!
So that He ﷻ may accept it!

 

Don’t let the guilt of your sin, which is a sign of your Imaan, let you fall into the trap of Shaytaan!

 

Rather Allah ﷻ loves that you repent!

 

إِنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِين

 

Surely Allah loves those who repent!

[2:222]

 

So what keeps you away from the repentance of Allah ﷻ?!

 

When Allah ﷻ says in a Hadith Qudsi

 

حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ مَا دَعَوْتَنِي وَرَجَوْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ فِيكَ وَلاَ أُبَالِي يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لَوْ بَلَغَتْ ذُنُوبُكَ عَنَانَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ اسْتَغْفَرْتَنِي غَفَرْتُ لَكَ وَلاَ أُبَالِي يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّكَ لَوْ أَتَيْتَنِي بِقُرَابِ الأَرْضِ خَطَايَا ثُمَّ لَقِيتَنِي لاَ تُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا لأَتَيْتُكَ بِقُرَابِهَا مَغْفِرَةً ‏"‏ ‏

 

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ‏.‏

 

“O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it.”

 

[Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3540 Graded saheeh ]

 

We will sin, it is in our nature to be weak and sinful at times,

 

Yet we must repent,

 

And this is what separates those in Jannah and those in the fire!

 

As the Prophet ﷺ said

 

أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ كُلُّ ابْنِ آدَمَ خَطَّاءٌ وَخَيْرُ الْخَطَّائِينَ التَّوَّابُونَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

 

“Every son of Adam sins, and the best of those who sin are those who repent”

 

[Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2499]

 

And Allah ﷻ says

 

لَا يَستَوِي أَصحَابُ النَّارِ وَ أَصحَابُ الجَنَّةِ

 

Not equal are the people of Hell and the people of Jannah,

 

أَصحَابُ الجَنَّةِ هُمُ الفَائِزُون

 

The people of Jannah are the successful ones!

[59:20]

 

We all want Jannah!

 

As did the people of the past!

 

Many of them became righteous after their repentance, there is no reason we cannot either!