Al-Ghafoor (The Forgiving)
Al-Ghafoor
The Prison
Do you know?
And my Betrayals?!
Have you forgotten?
Blessed are those…
Do not despair…
The Greatest Will!
The Most Beautiful Part!
The Forgiving One knows that sins ruin your life, crush your soul, make water taste bitter, food loses its pleasure, the night feel lonely, the day monotonous, family ties burdensome, friendships suspicious, the details of life worrisome, sleep suffocating, and solitude tearful. So He says to you: “Will they not repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness?” Would not that be better for them? Have not they grown weary of layers upon layers of distress? Do not they long for a smile that comes from the heart? So why do not they seek His forgiveness?
Do not be astonished!
Al-Ghafoor (the All-Forgiving) always forgives generously, astonishingly, and beyond human ability to forgive!
He forgives always:
He forgives (sins) between prayers, between one ‘Umrah and the next, between Ramadan and Ramadan, and between Hajj and Hajj if major sins are avoided!
Thus, the servant’s life becomes a continuous cycle of forgiveness, pardon, and mercy!
Imagine: You pray Fajr and then go to work, where you inevitably commit small sins (avoiding major ones). When you perform a proper ablution for Dhuhr prayer and complete it, you end your prayer with “As-salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah,” and all your sins are washed away. This pattern repeats from one prayer to the next! What would we do if our Lord were not Forgiving?
He forgives generously:
He forgives all sins for fasting just one day in the year!
He forgives all sins for saying, “Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi” a hundred times—just two minutes and the sins of seventy years are erased! Is there any generosity comparable to this?
He forgives what humans cannot:
He forgives the sins of a woman who spent her life in sin and immorality because she gave water to a thirsty dog.
He forgives astonishingly:
Take the case of those who participated in the Battle of Badr. Allah looked upon them and said: “Do whatever you wish, for I have forgiven you!”
All their sins, past and future, are forgiven!
Among them was Haritha bin Suraqa, a young man who joined as a helper, not a fighter. During the battle, he stood at a distance watching, and while drinking from a water basin, a stray arrow struck his neck, killing him. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) returned to Madinah, Haritha’s mother approached him and said: “O Prophet of Allah, tell me about Haritha. If he is in Paradise, I will endure patiently, but if it is otherwise, I will grieve bitterly.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied: “O mother of Haritha, there are multiple gardens in Paradise, and your son has attained the highest, Al-Firdaws.”
Ibn Kathir commented: “This is a significant indication of the virtue of the people of Badr. Haritha, who was not actively engaged in combat but was merely observing from afar, attained Al-Firdaws because of a stray arrow while drinking water… Imagine the reward for those who stood firm against the enemy!”
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