The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ The second pillar of repentance and the Sufis’ position on it ]

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As for the second pillar, which is regret for what has been missed, it is, according to the jurists, the greatest pillar in the same position as his saying, Hajj to Arafat, because it is the greatest pillar, and here many matters are branched out among those who repent. It is called regret, and lamentation is the effect, so it was turned into a mimah and made the effect of sadness special. As for its attachment to missing time, some of our companions saw that it is a waste of time, for what has passed cannot be recovered. Among our companions are those who see that it is the owner of the time, and that its benefit is to make up for what has passed, and use his saying as evidence, except those who repent and believe and do righteous deeds, for those will be replaced. God turns their bad deeds into good deeds, and among our companions are those who believe that he does not regret it except by bringing to himself his own sin that is the barrier between him and what he missed i


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