Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord”
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
The questioner says: What is the meaning of the noble verse: “And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and to a Garden whose width is the width of the heavens and the earth, prepared for the righteous”?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. This verse is from Surat al-A'raf:[Ali 'Imran 3:133-135] "So do good" [Ali 'Imran 3:135-136]. These verses open the door of repentance for sinners, no matter how great their sins are. They do not despair of the mercy of Allah; rather, they repent to Allah and hasten to do so before death comes to them, or before an unforeseen event occurs that distracts them from repentance, leaving them with their sins to face their Lord on the Day of Resurrection. So they must repent to Allah and rid themselves of their sins as quickly as they are able. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
The questioner says: What is the meaning of the noble verse: “And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and to a Garden whose width is the width of the heavens and the earth, prepared for the righteous”?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. This verse is from Surat al-A'raf:
(133) And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous (134) Who spend [in the cause of Allah] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people - and Allah loves the doers of good; (135) And those who, when they
وَسَارِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِي السَّرَّاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَالْكَاظِمِينَ الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَافِينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُواor wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allah? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know. (136) Those - their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow [in Paradise], wherein they will abide eternally; and excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers.
أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ أُولَٰئِكَ جَزَاؤُهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَجَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/069 — archive.org (0:50)
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