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                                 THE MERCY OF BELIEVERS

                 Asking Forgiveness for

                 Believers' Mistakes

                 Know then that there is no god except Allah and ask
                 forgiveness for your wrongdoing, and for the men
                 and women who believe. Allah knows both your ac-
                 tivity and your repose. (Surah Muhammad: 19)
                 The kind of compassion imbued by the Qur'an in be-
             lievers manifests itself in the way believers care for one
             another. They feel fear—fear of torment in hell—not only
             for themselves, but also for other believers. They wish
             that their brothers may also attain eternal salvation just as
             they wish it for themselves. Therefore, they pray for for-
             giveness. There are numerous verses in the Qur'an ex-
             plaining this delicate understanding of compassion by
             believers:
                 "Our Lord, those You cast into the Fire, You have in-
                 deed disgraced. The wrongdoers will have no
                 helpers".

                 "Our Lord, we heard a caller calling us to belief:
                 'Believe in your Lord!' and we believed. Our Lord,
                 forgive us our wrong actions, erase our bad actions
                 from us and take us back to You with those who are
                 truly good."
                 "Our Lord, give us what You promised us through
                 Your Messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day
                 of Rising. You do not break Your promise." (Surah
                 Al 'Imran: 192-194)

                 All they said was, "Our Lord, forgive us our wrong
                 actions and any excesses we went to in what we did
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