Mufti Menk – Dont Lose Hope, It’s Not Too Late
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The speaker discusses the importance of seeking forgiveness and doing good deeds in order to achieve a bonus. They explain that the exception is those who have done bad deeds and that it's not too late to take responsibility for them. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of being forgiven and doing good deeds in order to achieve the bonus.
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Allah says when you repent to us, and
these are the divine words of Allah, when
you repent to us, there are 2 things.
You ask Allah's forgiveness, He forgives you. But
you ask Allah's forgiveness again, He forgives you
again. You ask Him a third time, He'll
forgive you. A third time and so on.
The mere fact that you are asking the
forgiveness of Allah shows that you love Him.
You consider Him your Lord. You know He
owns heaven and *. You know He owns
forgiveness or punishment. You know that He is
the ultimate creator and the supreme deity.
So that itself is the worship of Allah.
I seek the forgiveness of Allah only if
I believe He owns forgiveness.
He is Ar Rahman Ar Rahim Al Wadud,
the most forgiving, the most merciful, the most
loving, the most kind, the most compassionate. That
is my Lord Rabul Izzati wal Jalal. So
Allah Almighty
tells us,
if you seek forgiveness, I will forgive you.
But there is a step higher than that
which I want to talk about tonight. You
want to save your seat in Jannah. Allah
says,
If after you sought forgiveness of us or
from us
you changed
your life in a way that you only
did good deeds,
we will take all the bad deeds you've
done in the past and we will convert
them into good deeds
and put them onto the right side of
the scale as though they were good deeds.
Yet when they were done, they were bad
deeds. Imagine the mercy of Allah. So to
achieve that bonus, there are 2 conditions. The
first is seek the forgiveness of Allah and
the second is to do good deeds thereafter.
I don't keep sliding back all the time.
Amazing.
Verses of Suratul Fookhan. Allah says,
the exception.
The exception of
what? Those who've done bad and they deserve
to enter * fire. Allah says, the exception
are those who repent
and do good deeds thereafter.
They are the ones whose bad deeds will
be changed
into good deeds for them. For indeed Allah
is most forgiving,
most merciful.
That's the mercy of Allah. Where do I
get this from? The Quran,
the divine revelation.
Allah Almighty tells you, O man, do not
lose hope. What have you done? Where have
you been?
No matter where you've been and what you've
done, it's not too late.