Allah is Most Merciful

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT AND MERCIFULL

اللہ کے نام سے شروع جو نہایت مہربان رحم والا

الصلواة والسلام عليک يارسول الله

YAH ALLAH SEND BLESSINGS ON PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

AND ON CHILDREN OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

Question: IS ALLAH FORGIVING?

Answer:  Allah is Most Merciful: The Qur’aan says hundreds of times that  Allah is the Most Merciful. 113 of the 114 Surahs i.e. chaps of the Glorious Qur’aan, except for Surah Taubah chap 9, begin with the beautiful formula- Bismillah-hir-Rahman-nir-Rahim- which means, “In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.”

2. Allah is Forgiving: The Glorious Qur’aan mentions in hundreds of verses, including Surah Nisa, chap 4 verse 110 and Surah Maidah, chap 5 verse 74: “And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” One of the attributes of Allah stated in the Glorious Qur’aan is AL GHAF’FAR, which means Exceedingly Forgiving. The Divine attributes Ghafir and Ghafur are explained as meaning One Who protects men from the commission of sins and faults and One Who passes over their sins and faults. Allah loves to forgive His servants

when they ask for forgiveness, as this is one of His qualities.

3. Besides being Merciful and Forgiving, Allah is also strict in giving punishment to the deserving. The Qur’aan also mentions that Allah will inflict severe punishment to the unbelievers and rejecters of faith, and to all those who disobey Him. However, what is noteworthy is that the mention of Allah’s forgiveness is constantly mentioned when punishment is spoken of, to show that the attribute of mercy is the predominant attribute of the Divine nature.

4. “…And in the hereafter is a severe chastisement, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure. And this world’s life is naught but a source of vanity”. (Al-Qur’aan Chap 57 v 20)

5. “He who created Death and Life that He may try which of you is best in deed; and He is the Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving”. 

(Al-Qur’aan 67:2)

“Say: ‘O My servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins for He is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful. Turn you (all) to your Lord in repentance and bow to His will, before the penalty comes on you!”

(Glorious Qur’aan Ch 39:vs. 53-54)

“And He it is Who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons evil deeds, and He knows what you do; And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them more out of His grace. And for the disbelievers is a severe chastisement”.

(Glorious Qur’aan Ch 42:vs. 25-26)

“And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or wronged their souls, earnestly bring Allah to mind, and ask for forgiveness for their sins- and who can forgive sins except Allah? - And are never obstinate in persisting knowingly in (the wrong) they have done. For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens with rivers flowing underneath, - an eternal dwelling: How excellent a recompense for those who work (and strive)!

(Glorious Qur’aan Chap 3, vs. 135-136)

“But those who do wrong but repent thereafter and (truly) believe, - verily Thy Rabb is thereafter oft Forgiving, Most Merciful”.

(Glorious Qur’aan chap 7 verse 153)

There are four criteria for repentance: 1st, accept that the act is wrong. 2nd, is discontinue it immediately. 3rd, never do it again in future. And lastly, compensate the person for the loss.

Taking the above into account of Allah’s Mercy, Forgiveness and Justice, one may well ask: According to the Church’s teachings, God is unjust; because He required ‘his innocent son’ to be crucified and killed, and thus becomes accursed. He is such a cruel God that He has to exact his pound of flesh before forgiving. Secondly, this God of the Church is so unforgiving that the sin of Adam is passed onto every human being that He will create centuries later, although we are all innocent of the sin of Adam. This God of the Church is ruthless and unforgiving. He cannot forgive without crucifying an innocent

person, and condemning every innocent child yet to be born with the stigma of a sin. Does it make sense? We Muslims will never worship such a merciless God! The truth of the matter is that it is the concocted teachings of Paul that the Church is foisting on the people. The Qur’aan gives a clear warning to the Jews and the Christians in Chap 2 v 79:

“Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say-‘this is from Allah’, to traffic with it for a miserable price! Woe to them for what their hands do write, and the gain they make thereby”.

Jesus (May Peace, Mercy & blessing of ALLAH be upon him) also warned about the wrong teachings that will be taught in the future in: Mark 15:9 - “But in vain they do worship me,

teaching for doctrines the commands of men”.

الصلواة والسلام عليک يارسول الله

YAH ALLAH SEND BLESSINGS ON PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

AND ON CHILDREN OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM