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In the Name of Allah, The All-Merciful and Most Merciful

the dimensions of the flaws committed by the believers, they
should never lose their hope of obtaining His mercy if they
sincerely repent for what they did:
Say [from Me]: “O My servants, you who have trans-
gressed against yourselves, do not despair of Allah’s
mercy. Truly, He forgives all wrong actions. He is the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.” Turn to your Lord

and submit to Him before punishment comes upon you,
for then you cannot be helped. Follow the best that has
been sent down to you from your Lord before the pun-
ishment comes upon you suddenly, when you are not ex-
pecting it. (Surat az-Zumar, 53-55)
Allah’s name Al-Ghaffar (The Forgiving) is one of His
greatest and most accessible blessings to humanity.

Therefore, it is unseemly for people to despair and to think
that after committing all those sins, they will not be able to
reform themselves again. Those who disregard Allah’s com-
passion, mercy, and readiness to forgive are unjust to them-
selves and misunderstand the Qur’an’s moral teachings.
Those believers who sincerely repent and then abandon their
sins raise their station in the Hereafter, for this process has a
maturing effect that makes them more aware of their weak-
nesses and deficiencies, as well as their reality as Allah’s ser-

vants. The important thing here is immediate repentance,
for:
I am Ever-Forgiving to anyone who repents, has faith,
acts rightly, and then is guided. (Surah Ta-Ha, 82)

… except for those who, after that, repent and put things

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