Does {Say: "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves"} encompass every repentant person?
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Question:
In His saying, the Exalted: [Surah al-Zumar: 53]?
Answer:
The scholars have agreed that it refers to those who repent; because He said:[Az-Zumar 39:53] [Az-Zumar 39:53] This includes shirk (associating partners with Allah) and other sins. He did not say "except shirk," so this encompasses shirk and other sins. For this reason, the scholars agreed that it refers to those who repent.
As for His saying, the Exalted: [Surah al-Nisa: 48], this refers to those who do not repent; this refers to those who died without repenting.
And as for His saying: [Surah al-Zumar: 53], this refers to those who repent; because Allah generalized in it and made it absolute without excluding anything, as evidenced by the fact that He made it absolute and did not exclude shirk. Shirk is not forgiven for one who dies upon it. Then He commanded them to turn back, meaning to repent to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), and to turn back to Him (Exalted and Majestic is He); because this is the meaning of {Do not despair...} Do not despair, and turn back.
In His saying, the Exalted:
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُAnswer:
The scholars have agreed that it refers to those who repent; because He said:
Allah forgives all sins
يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًاdo not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.
لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًاAs for His saying, the Exalted:
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُAnd as for His saying:
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah
قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ
Source
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