منتديات الحور العين - Names of Allah -2- AL-‘AFUW

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[CENTER][FONT=CgFeniceBd][SIZE=6][FONT=CgFeniceBd][SIZE=6][COLOR=teal]AL-‘AFUW[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=CgFeniceBd][SIZE=6]
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]The Pardoner[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][/CENTER]

[CENTER][/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurk][FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]Whether you reveal a good act or keep it hidden, or pardon[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurk][/CENTER]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]an evil act, [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[CENTER][/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]Allah is Ever-Pardoning, [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurk][FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]All-Powerful. (Surat an-[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/CENTER]

[FONT=PalatinoTurk][CENTER][FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]Nisa’, 4:149)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[CENTER][FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]People are fallible beings who may at any time think erroneously,[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]make a wrong decision, or display a flawed attitude. But[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]Allah, Who created humanity and is fully aware of these mistakes,[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]forgives them. If He were not so forgiving, no soul would ever attain[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]Paradise. Indeed, Allah calls attention to this fact, as follows:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]If Allah were to punish people for their wrong actions, not[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurkB]
[FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]a single creature would be left upon Earth, but He defers[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]them until a predetermined time. When their specified[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]time arrives, they cannot delay it for a single hour or bring[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]it forward. (Surat an-Nahl, 16:61)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurk][FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]Yet we need to remember that Allah only forgives His sincere[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurk]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]servants who turn to Him in repentance. Thus, those desiring His[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]forgiveness must be sincere and resolute in their repentance. Allah[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]makes it clear that He will not forgive those who repent but then return[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]to their former ways without feeling any true regret. In one[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurk][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]verse, Allah states the following:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=3][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=3][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]Allah only accepts the repentance of those who do evil in[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=3]
[SIZE=3][FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]ignorance and then quickly repent after doing it. Allah[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3]
[FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna]turns toward such people. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=PalatinoTurkB][SIZE=4][COLOR=sienna](Surat an-Nisa’, 4:17)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]
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