"This is a month, the first part of which brings Allah's Mercy, the middle of which brings Allah's forgiveness and the last part of which brings emancipation from hellfire" (Sahih Al-Bukhari)
There are times in our life that we might find ourselves feeling far from Allah. In these times, we may commit sins that we never thought ourselves possible of. There are times when life presents us with challenges and hardships. We lose a job, we find out someone close to us is incredibly sick or we have trouble in relationships with our families or those we love. In these times, we might curse Allah and be angry at Him. We may question our faith. And then after these times, we find that there is an emptiness or longing. There is something missing and we search for a way to fill ourselves up in this dunya, but we find that we can never feel really full or content. It may be that we are ashamed to turn to Allah after the things we have done and thought but Allah tells us in the Quran:
"Seek your Lord's forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance, for my Lord in indeed Most merciful and loving." (11:90)
The Prophet said: "Allah, blessed and exalted is He, says, 'O son of Adam, as long as you call on Me and ask from Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and think nothing of it.
O son of Adam, even inf your sins were to reach up to the clouds in the sky, and then you were to ask for My forgiveness, I would forgive you and think nothing of it.
O son of Adam, even if you were to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth, and then you were to meet Me (i.e. after death), not worshipping anything besides Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as the earth." (Tirmidhi)
In the Quran, Allah tells us to turn to Him for forgiveness because He is more merciful and loving than anyone. Think of the most forgiving person you know, and realize that Allah's forgiveness is greater than that. Think of all the mercy Allah has extended to you already in this dunya. Think of a time you did something wrong and you did not have to pay the consequences because Allah protected you from getting caught. Think of the comforts you have. Think of the people who love you, your parents or partner or children. These are all Allah's mercies on you but they are only a small part of His mercy.
Abu Huraira narrarated: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, Verily Allah created Mercy. The day He created it, He made it into one hundred parts. He withheld with Him ninety-nine parts, and sent its one part to all His creatures." (Saheeh al-Bukhari)
Think of the things above and think of what mercy Allah has given to each and every one of us. He has given it to those who preceded us and will give it to those who come after us. He gives it to the animals and Jinn and still, even with all of that mercy that has been given from the beginning of time and that will be given until the end of time, all of that mercy is only one part of a hundred parts of mercy that Allah will give to us.
May we all be open to Allah's mercy so that when this month is over we are pure as on the day that we were born. Ameen.
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