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His Mercy Prevails  ✨

إنَّ لكم ربًّا ليسَ إلى عقابِ أحدِكم بسريعٍ، يُقيلُ العَثْرةَ، ويَقبَلُ التَّوبةَ، ويُقبِلُ على المُقبِلِ، ويعْطِفُ على المُدبرِ

"Verily , you have a Rabb who is not quick to punish any of you, who overlooks those who stumble, who accepts repentance and accepts those who turn to Him, and is kind to those who schemingly turn away."

• Bilāl ibn Sa'd al-Sakūnī (d.111H)

📖  حلية الأولياء (5/223)

—Roots to Fruits

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Go. Repent before it's too late

Al-Kahf 18:58

وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًا

And your Lord is Most Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Were He to call them to account for what they have earned, then surely, He would have hastened their punishment. But they have their appointed time, beyond which they will find no escape.

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THE MAJORITY OF SINNERS RELY ON THE MERCY OF ALLAH

You should know that the majority of wrong-doers and sinners rely on the Mercy, the Forgiveness and the Generosity of Allah, while at the same time, neglecting and overlooking His severe punishment.

This biased understanding occurred to them because they wrongly assumed the Mercy of Allah is like tenderness.

This [wrong] conclusion was deduced because they likened the Mercy of Allah to the mercy of the creation, as they think it is similar to how when a person witnesses his enemy being tortured he condoles with him and hence his heart will be soft toward him. While, in fact, the Mercy of Allah is absolutely not of this kind.As for he who seeks forgiveness while still insisting on committing sins, then indeed, he is like a stubborn person ignoring all the warnings.

Ibn Jawzi | Disturber of the Hearts

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Delaying repentance?

The example of someone who delays [repenting] is like someone who wants to uproot a tree, but finds that it’s very strong and will only be uprooted with difficulty.

So he said: I will delay its uprooting for one year, then I will come to uproot it.

But he doesn’t know the longer the tree lives, the more firmly rooted it’ll be, and that the older he is, the weaker he’ll be.

Source: Mukhtasar Minhaj al-Qasideen by Imam Ibn Qudamah (pp. 251-267)

وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ غَيۡرَ بَعِيدٍ

And Paradise will be brought near to the Muttaqûn (the pious), not far off.

هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٖ

(It will be said): This is what you were promised - (it is) for those oft-returning (to Allâh) in sincere repentance, and those who preserve their covenant with Allâh (by obeying Him in all what He has ordered, and worshipping none but Allâh Alone, i.e. follow Allâh’s religion - Islâmic Monotheism).

مَّنۡ خَشِيَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلۡبٖ مُّنِيبٍ

Who feared the Most Gracious (Allâh) in the Ghaib (Unseen) and brought a heart turned in repentance (to Him and absolutely free from each and every kind of polytheism).

ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٖۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡخُلُودِ

Enter you therein in peace and security - this is a Day of eternal life!

لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيۡنَا مَزِيدٞ

There they will have all that they desire - and We have more (for them, i.e. a glance at the All-Mighty, All-Majestic جل جلاله).

[Surah Qāf: 31 - 35]