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KNOWLEDGE

THE NAMES OF ALLAH, AL-GHAFOOR, AL GHAFFAAR, AL GHAFIR have been mentioned almost a hundred times in the Qur'an.

WHO IS AL-GHAFOOR, AL-GHAFFAAR, AL-GHAFIR?

AL-GHAFOOR The One Who forgives grave and heavy sins, no matter how great they may be such as shirk, disbelief and hypocrisy.

AL-GHAFFAAR The One Who forgives many sins, no matter how times they may be.

AL-GHAFIR The One Who forgives.

  • Out of Allah’s forgiveness, He conceals our sins unless we expose ourselves.
  • Out of Allah’s forgiveness, He protects us from the evil consequences of our sins, as each sin has an effect on us.
  • Out of Allah’s forgiveness, He exchanges our sins to good deeds and exchanges our bad actions, utterances and lifestyle to good actions, utterances and lifestyle.
  • Out of Allah’s forgiveness, He is not quick to punish us when we commit a sin, but gives us time so we may return back to Him.

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IMPACTS

  • We should never despair from Allah’s forgiveness. As long as we are alive, we can always return back to Him.
  • The more we forgive others, the more Allah will forgive us.
  • We should not disappoint others who sin, but tell them of Allah’s vast forgiveness.
  • We should not expose the sins of others. Those who expose the faults of others will be exposed by Allah.

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IN THE QUR’AN

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

“Say: ‘O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah, verily Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”

[Surah Az-Zumar [39:53]]

IN THE SUNNAH

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah, the Exalted, said: 'O son of Adam, I forgive you as long as you pray to Me and hope for My forgiveness, whatever sins you have committed. O son of Adam, I do not care if your sins reach the height of the heaven, then you ask for my forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, if you come to Me with an earth load of sins, and meet Me associating nothing to Me, I would match it with an earth load of forgiveness."

[At Tirmidhi 3540]