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

that Allah is All-Gentle, Most Merciful. O you who have
faith. Do not follow in satan’s footsteps. Those who do so
should know that he commands indecency and wrong-
doing. Were it not for Allah’s favor and mercy to you, not
one of you would ever have been purified. But Allah pu-
rifies whoever He wills. Allah is All-Hearing, All-
Knowing. Those of you are wealthy should not make
oaths that they will not give to their relatives, the very
poor, and those who have migrated in the way of Allah.
Rather, they should pardon and overlook. Would you not
love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful. (Surat an-Nur, 20-22)

In other words, believers always have a sense of Allah’s
generosity and mercy, for they know that they can live a
good life only because of His mercy. One of the main reasons
for their sincere prayers, deep faith, and eagerness when giv-
ing thanks for their blessings is their intimate sense of every
moment of their lives being lived in Allah’s name All

Merciful, Most Merciful. Those who do not practice the
Qur’an’s morality and do not appreciate His beautiful names
cannot conceive of the splendor of this name, and thus live in
a state of pessimism, without joy and hope, and far removed
from all of the good and beautiful things coming from belief.
When they sin, they do not know that Allah is protective and
very forgiving. They do not consider that He forgives those
who repent, and that His mercy and compassion are infinite.
But believers, on the other hand, always turn to Allah in

prayer, repent, and ask forgiveness, knowing that He wants

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