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The Garden of Guidance.
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Allah, Almighty and Glorious, said:
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"So be patient; indeed, the promise of Allah is truth.
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And ask forgiveness for your sin,
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and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord in the evening and the morning."
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And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him),
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from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him),
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regarding what he related from his Lord, Almighty and Glorious:
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He said, "A servant committed a sin
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and said, 'O Allah, forgive me my sin.'
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So Blessed and Exalted is He, He said,
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'My servant committed a sin
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and realized that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them.'
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Then he returned and committed a sin again,
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and said, 'O Lord, forgive me my sin.'
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So Blessed and Exalted is He, He said,
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'My servant committed a sin
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and realized that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them.'
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Then he returned and committed a sin again,
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and said, 'O Lord, forgive me my sin.'
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So Blessed and Exalted is He, He said,
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'My servant committed a sin
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and realized that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them.
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Do whatever you wish,
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for I have forgiven you.'"
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It was narrated by Muslim.
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A benefit:
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"Do whatever you wish, for I have forgiven you"—
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its meaning is:
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"As long as you commit a sin and then repent,
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I have forgiven you."
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And it is reported that a Bedouin
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clung to the drapes of the Ka'bah,
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while he was saying:
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"O Allah, my asking for forgiveness while persisting in sin is vileness,
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yet my abandoning asking for forgiveness while knowing the vastness of Your pardon is helplessness.
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How You show love to me through blessings despite Your lack of need for me,
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while I incur Your displeasure through sins despite my desperate need for You!
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O You Who, when He promises, fulfills,
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and when He threatens, pardons and excuses,
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submerge the magnitude of my offense within the magnitude of Your pardon,
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O Most Merciful of those who show mercy."