Immediate Repentance

 

Immediate Repentance

By Um Abdullah

•           مَنۡ يَّعۡمَلۡ سُوۡٓءًا اَوۡ يَظۡلِمۡ نَفۡسَهٗ ثُمَّ يَسۡتَغۡفِرِ اللّٰهَ يَجِدِ اللّٰهَ غَفُوۡرًا رَّحِيۡمًا ۞

•           اگر کوئی شخص برا فعل کر گزرے یا اپنے نفس پر ظلم کر جائے اور اس کے بعد اللہ سے درگزر کی درخواست کرے تو اللہ کو درگزر کرنے والا اور رحیم پائے گا

•      He who does either evil or wrongs himself, and then asks for the forgiveness of Allah, will find Allah All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate. [4:110]

 

Word سوٓءٍ mean bad deed that causes pain to others and minor sin

Word ظلم نفسه mean bad deed which causes harm to oneself and also leads to great sin and polytheism.

🌱 In this verse, Allah Almighty is describing His mercy to whoever commits a sin, whether it is a minor sin or a major sin, even a tyrant oppressing others, wants to repent, Allah Almighty forgives even a big sin like a mountain. God's court is open and there is no gatekeeper on it. Whenever one repents, he will find God forgiving and merciful.

🌱Basheer, a man from the tribe of Banu Abraq stole an armour of Ansari Hazrat Arafa رض and kept it near a Jew, when hazrat abraq complained to prophet ﷺ and it was almost near that the Prophet ﷺ would issue a decision against the Jew. Allah revealed the whole truth. These type of situations occurs in life of judge, but this case was during the time when there was a great conflict between Islam and Kufr. It would have been a great moral strategy for the opponents that Islam support injustice, while it  preaches against it, also Muslims were taught that prejudice should not interfere in the matter of justice. To all those culprits Allah gave a big hope to repent from deep heart and it is fact that Allah will forgive everyone.

🌱 In the Bani Israel, when someone committed a sin, he would see an atonement written in natural letters on his door until morning, which he had to pay, and if some drops of urine felt on clothes then that part had to be cut off, but this is our good fortune that it is made easier for ummah of prophet  Muhammad ﷺthat washing with water is purification of clothes and repentance is given forgiveness.

🌴Ibn Abi Hatim رض narrates on the authority of Hazrat Ali رض that Hazrat Abu Bakr رض said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying: Whoever commits a sin, then gets up and performs ablution well. If he stands up to pray and repents of his sin, then Allah will surely forgive him and recited this verse.