O Lovely: June 2012

One day while I was driving back home from my office that a voice asked,“Have you forgiven Mr.X”?

I very angrily said,“No, Never. Him is going to answer me before ALLAH. I will never forgive him. I will seek justice from ALLAH in his case”

The voice said,“Think over it compassionately and reconsider”.

I said “Never. He will have to answer and repay”.

I was really angry..........

Well................

Forgiveness is the quality of ALLAH. Many of our faults are forgiven by ALLAH on daily basis. ALLAH has created Human beings and we seek forgiveness from HIM and HE forgives. Forgiveness is also one of the qualities which are liked by ALLAH as part of we Human’s character. Somehow we seek forgiveness from HIM but, when it comes to forgiving fellow human beings then we show indifferent attitude.

Quite early in life ALLAH granted me light in this regards with HIS kindness, that forgiving is liked by ALLAH. Since then it become the part of my daily routine that I, at the end of the day, before going to sleep, forgive all whoever has done anything wrong with me. I try not to hurt anyone but, if in case, unconsciously any such thing happens, I make sure that I ask forgiveness.

Well, question arises as to how one seeks forgiveness. Our beloved Prophet, Muhammad (SAW), in His (SAW) last sermon at Hajjat ul Widah, taught us the way of seeking forgiveness. He (SAW) announced that He (SAW) forgives everybody who has done any wrong to Him (SAW). Now this is the guiding principle for all, that before asking forgiveness from anyone, it is a must that a person shall be forgiven unconditionally.

Keeping the same principle as a base I then ask forgiveness after first forgiving the person concerned.

It happened only once that I did not forgave a person at the end of the day. That person really did very wrong to me. Many people in my life have done wrong to me but this person, really hurt me very badly with his lies against me. I forgave all as per my commitment to myself but him.

Let us call him Mr.X.

One day while I was driving back home from my office that a voice asked, “Have you forgiven Mr.X”? I very angrily said, “No, Never. Him is going to answer me before ALLAH. I will never forgive him. I will seek justice from ALLAH in his case”.

The voice said,“Think over it compassionately and reconsider”.

I said “Never. He will have to answer and repay”. I was really angry.

The voice kept quiet for a while then asked, “What if on the day of judgment there are some sins left in your balance and ALLAH conditions’ that unless you forgive Mr.X you will not be forgiven”.

It hit me like a flash. I immediately stopped by the roadside and cried and passionately seeked forgiveness from ALLAH saying, “O ALLAH, I forgive Mr.X. I was wrong and a fool. If YOU don’t forgive me who will. There is nobody who can forgive. YOU like forgiving, only YOU can forgive. Please forgive me”.

وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
جب ان سے کوئی ناشائستہ کام ہو جائے یا کوئی گناہ کر بیٹھیں تو فوراً اللہ کا ذکر اور اپنے گناہوں کے لئے استغفار کرتے ہیں (١) فی الواقع اللہ تعالٰی کے سوا اور کون گناہوں کو بخش سکتا ہے؟ اور وہ لوگ باوجود علم کے کسی برے کام پر اڑ نہیں جاتے۔
003.135 And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves, remember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth sins save Allah only ? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they did.

After that, to me, a strange thing happened. A feeling of smoothness, relaxation and peace inundated my entire body. A sense of satisfaction and happiness prevailed. I sensed quite distinctly that my act has been liked and that I was forgiven.

So, O people! Do forgive all and see the miracles happening around you.

وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

اور اللہ تعالٰی سے بخشش طلب کرتے رہو یقیناً اللہ تعالٰی بخشنے والا مہربان ہے۔

and ask forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.