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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

Knowing that at any moment they may make a mistake,
believers are understanding towards others. In those verses in
the Qur'an dealing with repentance Allah makes it clear that
never making mistakes is not as important as the

determination never to repeat them. Allah reveals in the
Qur'an as:
Allah accepts only the repentance of those who do evil
in ignorance and then quickly repent after doing it.
Allah turns towards such people. Allah is All-

Knowing, All-Wise. (Surat an-Nisa: 17)
Under conditions that reveal an individual's sincerity,
the faithful behave forgivingly and compassionately towards
one another. If someone who has committed error sincerely
repents having done so, they cannot judge him for his past
deeds. Even when the faithful are totally in the right and the
other party completely in the wrong, still they have no

compunction about forgiveness, because Allah recommends
such behavior as an example of proper morality:
Those who give in times of both ease and hardship,
those who control their rage and pardon other people—

Allah loves the good-doers. (Surah Al'Imran: 134)
When it comes to forgiving, the faithful do not
distinguish between great and small errors, nor do they tailor
their view of forgiveness accordingly. Someone may have
committed an error inflicting severe harm on others, great
financial loss or even loss of life. Yet the faithful know
everything happens by the permission of Allah, as part of His

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