Sins take our ship (keel) to indignity. The Allah Almighty is aware of all the deeds of Ummah, the good and the bad. Allah (SWT) has absolute knowledge of the unseen and His eyes are on spy. Allah (SWT) says.” With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none knoweth but He”. He knows whatever there is on the earth and in the heaven. Not a leaf moves, fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered),but is (inscribed) in a Record clear (to those who can read).” (Al-An’Am verse 59). If we think that all the bad deeds are performed in a secluded state, in this state the chances of sin take a hike. During this time, if any person who was close to us looked at the performance of an evil act, how much we would feel humiliated and abased. The distress and shame in our veins flows like the storm, even if we can’t make a little eye contact with the person. In this world we can’t bear the humiliation of a single person, if we think, how we can bear the humiliation at the time of judgment when our all secrets, will be revealed in front of all and the creator of world ALLAH Almighty and Prophet Muhammad S.A.W(peace be upon Him). When our small act as small as a soil particle would be displayed in front of us, how would we bear such a kind of shame? If we glance in the temporary world, if one does a mistake he doesn’t dare to raise his head in the society, then how will we do in front of Allah Almighty who blessed us with a enormous things like the blanket of ear, for reservation, when the cold numbs our body and when the darkness tights the throat of our hopes, the only one who brings a beautiful dawn to our lives is Almighty Allah. When any person thinks of a sin, he shuts all the curtains and doors so that the eyes of people won’t reach him, but the fancy mind forgets that the Allah Almighty who created him has eyes on him. No doubt how much we try to hide our acts or deeds, the One who is in the skies is aware about all. Allah (SWT) says in the Qur’an: “Says that even an object as small as a mustard seed hidden in a rock is known to Him”. (Luqman). Nowadays the girls and the boys are sent abroad by parents for study, where they forget how the Islam and Allah Almighty directed us to live the life. They become thirsty of sins; they remain in search of time when they get dissolved in the evil. They mix their minds in the dirty thoughts, the intentions and the perceptions get scar of sin. The generation of the world, they try intentionally to dissolve in the dirty works, they forget that they have to stand in front of Allah Almighty, there would be no curtain to hide, no guard to defend them from the hardness of Allah Almighty. And the time will come, we will lose the grip in our girls and boys which become the reason for the hike of sins. If we get a chance of sin we must avoid it by reminding ourselves that we have to stand in front of Allah Almighty. Many times as such people feel distressed of their past, evil deeds and they ask for forgiveness. In Hadith, Prophet Muhammad S.A.W (peace be upon Him) asked people to seek “ALLAH’S” repentance “O people, seek forgiveness from ALLAH (SWT).verily, I seek repentance from Him a hundred times a day”. Although we may try to get close to ALLAH ALMIGHTY through own effort and ask to forgive our sins. We must come in front of Allah Almighty, pray and ask for repentance and forgiveness. However, the repentance must be sincere, true and genuine from the heart. The Qur’an says “”Indeed Allah loves those who repent and purify themselves””_Qura’n,Sura 2(Al-Baqara),ayah 222).”Indeed, He is one who forgives (accepts repentance), the most Merciful”. _Qura’n, Sura 2 (Al-Baqara), ayah 37).” If we confess our sins, Allah (SWT) repeatedly reminds us that He is the forgiver and the most Merciful.
In numerous verses of the Qur’an, Allah (SWT) describes Himself as being extremely generous, merciful, Most compassionate to forgive. He loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean. To protect yourself from the “Shaitaan” netting, ask Allah (SWT) for forgiveness, by righteous pure heart and mind and oath to never commit those sins which you did in the past. Moreover He is merciful and kind. Indeed, he will forgive you. It is by Allah’s mercy that you are gentle to them and had you been “And whoever is patient and forgives others. It is by Allah’s mercy that you are gentle to them and had you been harsh and hard-hearted, surely they would have scattered from around you. So excuse them, and plead for forgiveness for them, and consult them in the affairs, and once you are resolved, put your trust in Allah. Indeed Allah loves those who trust in Him.” (Quran 3:159). Again, ALLAH (SWT) says to the believers in a {Hadith Qudsi}(27) “O son of Adam, So long as you call upon me, and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind” “O son of Adam, were yours sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you” {Hadith Qudsi} (34). “O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it ( by at-Tirmidhi) (also by Ahmad ibn Hanbal).
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