In the name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful,
Praise be to Allah,
the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds,
and Peace and Prayer be upon the Final Prophet and Messenger. Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran
***
In the 4th surah in the Holy Quran, I find these kind of ayahs being repeatedly mentioned. Allah stresses that He is The Most Forgiving and The Most Merciful when it comes to us sinning and this particular ayah, as explained by the tafseer Ibnu Kathir, correct me if I am wrong, gives us the opportunity to immediately repent because Allah understands that being human, we are weak and we tend to make mistakes, and usually, if you are really sincere in striving for piety, those mistakes are usually unintentional.
I find it rather sad that we sometimes fall victim to being complacent with sinning. What I mean by this is when, we find ourselves dealing with a situation where we can't resist the feeling of wanting to sin because we feel that we'll get away with it because we'll just be forgiven anyway if we repent right after.
This mentality is indeed one of Iblis' whispers, another one of his mischievous schemes in misleading us towards the Hell fire. And I think he is pretty clever in such a way that he makes us remember that Allah is Forgiving but in the same time, encourages us to sin, because we held on to this ayah and took advantage of it.
Belittling sinning is the worst mistake we could ever make and I sometimes fall into this trap, and when I do realize it, it was already too late. But then again, this is where the ayah comes in, reminding me that it is never too late to repent. But our tawbah is only accepted when we promised not to do it again and we kept to it.
There is one saying that kept recurring in my head about sinning, that we shouldn't be thinking of sins as how little or how big we had made but we should always bear in mind WHO we are sinning to.
Sins, it doesn't matter how big or small. What matters is WHO we are sinning to, and even if we dare to commit even the smallest sins, like intentionally delaying our fardh prayer, it just shows we are THAT bold to face His wrath, and looking at the surahs describing the Hell fire, and meh, you don't really wanna get on His bad side.
We should treat sins, as a sahabah once described, like treading on a path full of thorns. Because that is taqwa, and only taqwa will bring us closer to Him, only if you are willing.
Most Gracious, Most Merciful,
Praise be to Allah,
the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds,
and Peace and Prayer be upon the Final Prophet and Messenger. Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Quran
***
Sahih International
And whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful. An-Nisa', 4: 110
In the 4th surah in the Holy Quran, I find these kind of ayahs being repeatedly mentioned. Allah stresses that He is The Most Forgiving and The Most Merciful when it comes to us sinning and this particular ayah, as explained by the tafseer Ibnu Kathir, correct me if I am wrong, gives us the opportunity to immediately repent because Allah understands that being human, we are weak and we tend to make mistakes, and usually, if you are really sincere in striving for piety, those mistakes are usually unintentional.
I find it rather sad that we sometimes fall victim to being complacent with sinning. What I mean by this is when, we find ourselves dealing with a situation where we can't resist the feeling of wanting to sin because we feel that we'll get away with it because we'll just be forgiven anyway if we repent right after.
This mentality is indeed one of Iblis' whispers, another one of his mischievous schemes in misleading us towards the Hell fire. And I think he is pretty clever in such a way that he makes us remember that Allah is Forgiving but in the same time, encourages us to sin, because we held on to this ayah and took advantage of it.
Belittling sinning is the worst mistake we could ever make and I sometimes fall into this trap, and when I do realize it, it was already too late. But then again, this is where the ayah comes in, reminding me that it is never too late to repent. But our tawbah is only accepted when we promised not to do it again and we kept to it.
There is one saying that kept recurring in my head about sinning, that we shouldn't be thinking of sins as how little or how big we had made but we should always bear in mind WHO we are sinning to.
Sins, it doesn't matter how big or small. What matters is WHO we are sinning to, and even if we dare to commit even the smallest sins, like intentionally delaying our fardh prayer, it just shows we are THAT bold to face His wrath, and looking at the surahs describing the Hell fire, and meh, you don't really wanna get on His bad side.
We should treat sins, as a sahabah once described, like treading on a path full of thorns. Because that is taqwa, and only taqwa will bring us closer to Him, only if you are willing.
"Sometimes we can't just say "Allah has a better plan for us."
We have to believe He does."
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