Mufti Menk – Why You Should Never Lose Hope in the Mercy of Allah
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The speaker discusses the struggles of shaitan, a student who committed a sinful act and is now upset. He warns that forgiveness is a big sin and that forgiveness is not just a choice. He also emphasizes the importance of learning about Allah's qualities and lessons for future generations.
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Shaitan is now upset because you regret, he's
so angry.
And as you seek forgiveness he comes back
to you. He says, oh well done. That
was so good. But But you know what?
You committed such a big sin, such a
big sin. You can't just be forgiven so
easily. That's shaitan's plan again.
That's shaitan's plan again. You committed such a
big sin, you can't just be forgiven so
easily.
You think you after you committed zina, you
can just say
Oh Allah, I regret it. I don't want
to do it again. Help me. Oh Allah,
I won't do it again. Forgive me.
Shaitan tells you, do you really think you
committed such a big thing? Do you think
just by that much you're gonna be forgiven?
That question alone
is enough to destroy you again.
What happens? You lose hope in the mercy
of Allah, which is worse than the first
sin you committed.
Because one of the names and qualities of
Allah, in fact many names and qualities of
Allah are connected to mercy. He is most
loving, most kind, most forgiving, oft forgiving and
so many other names where Allah says,
don't ever lose hope in my mercy. That's
what he says in the Quran. So the
mercy of Allah.
He is
You know what that means?
He is the most merciful of all
those with mercy.
Amazing.
Amazing.
The most merciful from all those who have
mercy, Allah.
And you're doubting him?
That's from
shaitan.
Don't ever lose hope in the mercy of
Allah. What are you doing? Losing hope in
the mercy of Allah. So you're going against
a verse of the Quran.
And what is that? That's dangerous.
Allah says he will forgive. Indeed Allah forgives
all sins.
So when you seek forgiveness, shaitan comes back
and makes you think for a moment that
you know what? You're not forgiven. If you
listen to his whispers,
You're going to fall back again and again
and again. And then what happens? Now you're
far from Allah. Because why? You start believing
I'm too dirty. I'm too unclean.
I've committed too many sins. I'm not going
to be achieving the forgiveness of Allah.
I'm lost. I'm already gone into Jahannam.
Now, there's nothing left for me besides to
continue this life
of distance from Allah.
Then you've fallen into the trap of shaitan.
Come back my brother. Come back my sister.
Don't think that way. Go back to the
mercy of Allah.
Recognize
your Maker. Learn about Allah, His names, His
qualities.
Learn about who is Allah.
Learn about the forgiveness.
Learn about the others in the past like
the story of Adam alaihis salam. The lessons
we learned from this are tremendous. They are
powerful.