Do Not Be Sad:Seek Forgiveness from Allah Often, for Your Lord Is Oft-Forgiving.
I [Noah] said [to them]:’Ask forgiveness from your Lord; verily He is Oft-Forgiving. He will send rain to you in abundance; and give you increase in wealth and children; and bestow on you gardens; and bestow on you rivers.
(Quran 71:10-12)
So seek forgiveness from Allah more often and you will reap the benefits of doing so:peace of mind, lawful provisions, righteous offspring, and plentiful rain.
And [commanding you]:’Seek the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance, that He may grant you good enjoyment,for a term appointed. And that He may bestow His abounding Grace to every owner of grace [i.e. the one who helps and serves the needy and deserving, physically and with his wealth, and even with good words].’
(Quran 11:3)
And the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“Whosoever seeks forgiveness (from Allah) often, then Allah makes for him a good ending for every matter of concern and provides for him a way out of every tight situation.”
Related in Bukhari is a Hadith that is known as the chief of Al-Istighfaar (i.e., of supplications with which one asks Allah for forgiveness):
“O’ Allah, You are my Lord and none has the right to be worshipped except You. You have created me and I am your slave; and I am upon your covenant and promise as much as 1 am able to be. 1 seek refuge in You from the evil that I have perpetrated. I confess to You Your favor upon me, and I confess to You my sin, so forgive me;for verily, none forgives sins except You.”
[SOURCE: Laa Tahzaan – Don’t Be Sad]
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