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EPISODE 1️⃣5️⃣ – SIXTH CHARACTERISTIC: THEY DO NOT COMMIT SHIRK, MURDER, AND ZINA (Adultery) (Continuation) – THE REPENTANCE
The passage continues:
وَمَنْ تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَإِنَّهُ يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَتَابًا
And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allaah with [accepted] repentance.
[Surah Al-Furqan 25:71]
Here, Allaah tells us how His Mercy extends to all of His creatures, and that whoever among them sincerely repents to Him, He will accept his repentance for any sin – great or small. This offer is for all sinners!
Look at these verses from the Qur’an:
وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ يَجِدِ اللَّهَ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا
And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards seeks Allaah’s Forgiveness, he will find Allaah Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
[Surah An-Nisa 4:110]
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَأْخُذُ الصَّدَقَاتِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
Do they not know that it is Allaah who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charities and that it is Allaah who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful?
[Surah At-Tawbah 9:104]
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
Say: “O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds & sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allaah, verily Allaah forgives all sins.Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
[Surah Az-Zumar 39:53]
This passage of Surah Al-Furqan that we’re discussing today is so beautiful, because it tells us that at one point of time, the people who committed these major sins were the furthest away from Allaah due to their transgressions. But the fact that they turn back to Allaah and sincerely repent to Him, Allaah in return will make them as those whom He calls Ibad-ur Rahman. Look at the Mercy of Allaah to those who were once so far away, but have returned to Allaah.
My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, know that no sin is greater than Allaah’s Mercy. All we need to do is return to Allaah and repent sincerely. Those who sincerely repent to Allaah in this world from all of sins, Allaah says that He will accept their repentance. So never, ever despair of Allaah’s Mercy, and never give up on yourselves.
Alhamdulillah we have covered the sixth characteristic of Ibad-ur Rahman. We will continue with the subsequent characteristics in the coming episodes In Shaa Allaah.
May Allaah forgive all of our sins and shortcomings.
آمِيْن يَارَبَّ الْعَالَمِينْ
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