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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 99

NOT LOSING HOPE IN ALLAH’S MERCY

Say [from Me]: ‘My servants, you who have trans-
gressed against yourselves, do not despair of the
mercy of Allah. Truly Allah forgives all wrong actions.
He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’” (Surat
az-Zumar; 53)
In many verses of the Qur’an, Allah mentions that Muslims

-even those with the most fear of Allah- may make mistakes.
In this verse surely Allah brings relief to their hearts, for a
Muslim who errs may feel great regret, sorrow and guilt. Allah
knows that Muslims are very careful about improving their
shortcomings. In the Qur’an, He gives the examples of
prophets who have won His approval to show that every per-
son may make mistakes.
So these encouraging and refreshing consolations prevent
Muslims from falling into despair after they have made a mistake.
Allah has promised to forgive a person’s errors without excep-
tion, if that person is sorry and repents of what he has done.
But despite the many consolations in the Qur’an that
refresh the spirit and give hope, many human beings still do
not admit that they make mistakes, in an ignorant manner. In
spite of the glad tidings announced in the Qur’an, after mak-
ing a mistake they become wrapped in despair and become
anxious and downhearted which is totally wrong behavior. An
individual who refuses to acknowledge errors he has com-
mitted out of pride and arrogance is greatly unhappy by what

he has done. He has trouble accepting that he is a creature