The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)

[ Repentance is confession and supplication, not a determination not to return ]

(Check the original text in Arabic ...)


FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 142 من الجزء Two

Among what supports what we have mentioned, that repentance is confession and supplication, not a determination not to repeat it, is what has been proven in the divine narrations, and it is true that the servant is guilty of the sin and knows that he has a Lord who forgives the sin and takes responsibility for the sin, and nothing more than that is like the image of Adam, who is equal, then he commits the sin and knows that it is his. God forgives the sin and takes responsibility for the sin, so God says to him on the third or fourth time, “Do whatever you want, for I have forgiven you,” and this is legitimate, because God has raised in the right of such a person His attribute of blaming the sin for those who see that addressing someone other than someone who does not have this attribute is withdrawn. As for the apparent meaning of the hadith, then God is He has permitted for him what had been restricted for this reason, just as death has been made permissible for the one in need,


---

(... Another Random Quote)

Search in Futuhat Quotes



Please note that some contents are translated from Arabic Semi-Automatically!