Inner Peace in Islam
Allah’s
Greatest Mercy to Us: Forgiveness
If
Not For His Mercy
If
Not For His Mercy...
Allah
gives a person a lifelong opportunity to turn away from sin and disobedience
and choose the right path to receive His forgiveness.
Those
who commit evil are hurting themselves in this life and the next.
However,
Allah’s forgiveness has no limits and the only condition is asking for it:
۞ قُلْ يَـٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٥٣وَأَنِيبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ ٥٤وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَحْسَنَ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةًۭ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ ٥٥ أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌۭ يَأَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ٥٧ـٰحَسْرَتَىٰ عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطتُ فِى جَنۢبِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ ٱلسَّـٰخِرِينَ أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى كَرَّةًۭ فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ٥٨٥٦
Or should say, when it seeth the doom: Oh, that I had but a second chance that I might be among the righteous!Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful!,Lest any soul should say: Alas, my grief that I was unmindful of Allah, and I was indeed among the scoffers!,And follow the better (guidance) of that which is revealed unto you from your Lord, before the doom cometh on you suddenly when ye know not,Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
(Az Zumar :Ayat 53-58)
He is just and fair to the minutest detail, so everyone gets exactly what they deserve, plus extra measures of compassion, mercy, and forgiveness.
Prophet
Muhammad SAW said:
Allah said: ‘O son of Adam! I shall go on forgiving you so long as you pray to Me and aspire for My forgiveness whatever may be your sins. O son of Adam! I do not care even if your sins should pile up to the sky and should you beg pardon of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam! If you come to Me with an Earth full of sins and meet Me, not associating anything with Me in worship, I will certainly grant you as much pardon as will fill the Earth’
(At-Tirmidhi).
