Turn back to Him!
The Pardoner calls you from above the seven heavens saying:
{And your Lord said: “Call upon Me and I will respond to you”...}
[Surat Ghāfir: 60]
So, what keeps you from winning His bounty?!And what keeps you from joining the caravan of the oft-repentant?
If people knock on the doors of the kings in this world and stand there in humility, you stand in humility before the King of all kings, the Bountiful and Pardoning Lord, in Whose Hand are the keys to relief, happiness, pardon, and forgiveness.
{Do they not know that it is Allah who accepts repentance from His servants...}
[Surat at-Tawbah:104]
Bilāl ibn S‘ad said:
“You have a Lord Who does not hasten to punish anyone of you; He forgives sins, accepts repentance, draws near to those drawing near to Him, and shows compassion to those turning away from Him.”The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate Allah saying:“Al lāhumma innaka ‘afuwwun tuhibbu al - ‘afwa fa‘fu ‘anni (O Allah, You are Pardoning and love pardon, so pardon me).”
[Narra ted by Ibn Mājah; Sahīh (authentic)]
Ibn al -Qayyim (may Allah have mercy upon him) said: “If He pardons you, your needs will be fulfilled without asking.”Sufyān al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy upon him) said:“I would not like my reckoning to be handled by my father and mother, for I know that Allah Almighty is more merciful to me than them.”
When my heart hardens and I see my sins too great, I compare them to Your pardon, and behold! They are nothing.
My hope for Your mercy is the path in which I walk to You. My Lord, Your pardon is far greater than my sins. Pardon, O the Most Generous.
