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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 75

for various reasons. Although they were protected from
committing sin, they would still ask for forgiveness when
faced with a test or when they merely remembered Allah’s
punishment. Allah considers asking for forgiveness a praise-
worthy practice of believers:

And they would seek forgiveness before the dawn.
(Surat adh-Dhariyat; 18)
As you can see, it is not essential to commit a mistake in
order to ask for forgiveness from Allah. Asking for forgive-
ness is, in a way, expressing one’s weakness and insignificance
in the shadow of Allah’s infinite might and recognizing the fact
that it is impossible to avoid sins without His help.
Being unaware of one’s mistakes and sins—that is, a state
of heedlessness and unconsciousness—prevents one from
seeking forgiveness. As a consequence, one’s heart hardens,
and a person can ultimately become arrogant and deem him-
self perfect, thus attributing to himself a quality equal with
Allah (Allah is surely beyond that).

HONORING TRUSTS AND CONTRACTS

What is meant by “trust” is not merely to keep something
in one’s safekeeping for a period of time. All obligations and
duties are trusts. A person fails to honor his trust when he is
careless in his duties.
A believer, as described in the Qur’an, is an honest,
assured person who undertakes his responsibilities and does
not pursue insignificant personal interests. That is why others
can confidently rely on him to fulfill a responsibility or con-