وَٱللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغۡفِرَةً۬ مِّنۡهُ وَفَضۡلاً۬ۗ : ALLAH promises you His Forgiveness and Bounty
Holy Book Al Quran is the final Holy Book revealed upon the Last of Prophets Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). The Quran & Sunnah is the only source of holy guidance as it entails detailed instructions for each and every walk of human life. Here a guidance from Quran for the followers of Islam” ( وَٱللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغۡفِرَةً۬ مِّنۡهُ وَفَضۡلاً۬ۗ : ALLAH promises you His Forgiveness and Bounty) is discussed wrt right deeds and seeking ALLAH’s blessings in return for better living from Quran and Hadith of Prophet ﷺ. This is an approved Jumma Khutba from the Sultanate of Oman and translated in English.
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغۡفِرَةً۬ مِّنۡهُ وَفَضۡلاً۬ۗ
whereas ALLAH promises you Forgiveness from Himself and Bounty
Praise be to ALLAH, who is the worthiest of praise and worship. And whoever seeks his Lord, He is Most Merciful, the soul finds peace in the remembrance of ALLAH, and there is reward for men in his nearness. I bear witness that there is no ALLAH but ALLAH, Alone, He has no partner, the Best and the Most Wanted of those who beg, the Reliever of distress, the Forgiver of sins and transgressions. And his blessings are many. He is the one who looks after your safety. I bear witness that Muhammad, may ALLAH bless him and grant him peace, is the servant of ALLAH and His Messenger, who fears his Lord and is the most pious, the purest in morals, and the most refined. Peace and blessings be upon him, his family, companions, and followers and those who follow him until the Day of Judgment. Translation of the verses recited on from Surah Ibrahim is:
And Shaitân (Satan) will say when the matter has been decided: "Verily, ALLAH promised you a promise of truth. And I too promised you, but I betrayed you. I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I deny your former act in associating me (Satan) as a partner with ALLAH (by obeying me in the life of the world). Verily, there is a painful torment for the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)." (22) And those who believed (in the Oneness of ALLAH and His Messengers and whatever they brought) and did righteous deeds, will be made to enter Gardens under which rivers flow, - to dwell therein forever (i.e.in Paradise), with the permission of their Lord. Their greeting therein will be: Salâm (peace!)[] (23)
Surah Ibrahim – 22-23
At another place, he said in Surah Qaf:
His companion (Satan — devil)] will say: "Our Lord! I did not push him to transgression, (in disbelief, oppression, and evil deeds) but he was himself in error far astray." (27) ALLAH will say: "Dispute not in front of Me, I had already, in advance, sent you the threat. (28) The Sentence that comes from Me cannot be changed, and I am not unjust to the slaves." (29)
Surah Qaf – 27-29
O servants of ALLAH, fear ALLAH - be righteous - I exhort you and myself to fear ALLAH, so fear ALLAH, O servants of ALLAH, and obey Him. A believer's fear of ALLAH increases obedience to Him. He said in Surah Al-Baqarah:
And whatever good you do, (be sure) ALLAH knows it. And take a provision (with you) for the journey, but the best provision is At-Taqwa (piety, righteousness). So fear Me, O men of understanding! (197)
Surah Al Baqara – 197-Part
Purification of the soul, satisfaction of the heart and freedom from diseases of the heart is the reason for receiving good deeds from ALLAH and blessings and sustenance and blessings in the present condition of any person. The reason for this is that goodness and faith in a person help him to live his life by engaging in good deeds and avoiding immoral deeds and sins in a way that pleases his Creator. ALLAH says in Surah Nuh:
"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving; (10) 'He will send rain to you in abundance; (11) 'And give you increase in wealth and children and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.' " (12)
Surah Nooh – 10-12
O believers, sincerely asking for forgiveness is a proof of purity of soul and self, integrity of heart and desire of the servant to change and move from one state to a better state, and thus is a way of loving ALLAH. May ALLAH's servants find contentment and acceptance in this world and the hereafter. ALLAH says in Surah Hud:
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 bestow His abounding Grace to every owner of grace (i.e. the one who helps and serves needy and deserving, physically and with his wealth, and even with good words).
Surah Hood – 3-Part
Servants of ALLAH, the satisfaction and contentment of souls is one of the blessings of ALLAH Almighty upon man, and Satan puts something in the soul of man that makes him afraid and uncertain of his condition, thus making him struggle and strive. ALLAH Almighty says in his great book Qur'an Majeed Furqan Hameed:
Shaitân (Satan) threatens you with poverty and orders you to commit Fahshâ (evil deeds, illegal sexual intercourse, sins); whereas ALLAH promises you Forgiveness from Himself and Bounty, and ALLAH is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower. (268)
Surah Al Baqara – 268
Satan's terror of the already impoverished is a fear that goes beyond the lack of material wealth. This material fear can force him to make choices that contradict his values, principles and morals, and this is the fear that Satan instills in people - it has two parts: one is material fear, the real one. linked to poverty, and the second moral, linked to undermining a person's psychological and spiritual stability. Which is represented by obscenity. If this fear has a strong hold on a person and leads him to something other than virtues and morals, it will have a bad effect on the person's relationship with his Creator and his place. He will be lost, and Satan's promise will be fulfilled on him. will make him poor in the light of faith, and this poverty - servant of ALLAH - is more severe than material poverty. It is an inner poverty that limits man's capacity for psychological and spiritual growth.
O servants of ALLAH, His mercy for His servants, pure, is that He promised them forgiveness and grace. He said in Surah Al-Baqarah:
whereas ALLAH promises you Forgiveness from Himself and Bounty
Surah Al Baqara – 268-Part
This divine promise, which came to man in response to Satan's threat, is an assurance to the servant that ALLAH Almighty is with him in materialism in his moral conditions. Forgiveness from ALLAH is the cure for spiritual poverty. It is a medicine for the stains that are left on the human soul due to sins and mistakes. A Muslim by nature is burdened with sins and remains in the cloak of sins, so the promise of forgiveness from the Forgiving, the Most Merciful comes to him to refresh his soul and encourage his soul and to make his heart happy and satisfied. He says in a very subtle way in Surah Al-Zumar:
Say: "O 'Ibâdî (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of ALLAH, verily ALLAH forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (53)
Surah Az Zumr – 53
O believers, in addition to moral closeness to ALLAH Almighty, the Merciful Lord promises them material blessings, by blessing them with His gifts and providing them with means of sustenance. When fulfilled, his life will be balanced and stable, that he will have for himself that he cannot do without, here is his feeling of confidence and peace.
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Fear the servants of ALLAH. The Qur'an has described for us the spiritual and psychological condition of those who see the essence of faith and its light and live on the truth and tolerance of Islam. He says in Surah Al-An'am:
And whomsoever ALLAH wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islâm, and whomsoever He wills to send astray, He makes his breast closed and constricted, as if he is climbing up to the sky.
Surah Al Anam – 125-Part
This suffering is the result of not understanding the meaning of life, and the role of man in it, and it is the result of the absence of acceptance and satisfaction of the commandments of ALLAH, good and evil, and His will and Wisdom exists. On the authority of Sayyiduna Abu Darda, may ALLAH be pleased with him, the Prophet, may ALLAH bless him and grant him peace, said, “There is a truth to everything, and a person will reach the truth of his faith when he believes that whatever the calamity that befell him was not to be avoided, and the calamity that was avoided was not to befall him. ALLAH Ta'ala spoke to him in Surah Al-Tawbah:
Say: "Nothing shall ever happen to us except what ALLAH has ordained for us. He is our Maulâ (Lord, Helper and Protector)." And in ALLAH let the believers put their trust.
Surah Al Tawba – 51
The narrowness and suffering mentioned in the verse O servants of ALLAH is indicative of limited understanding and the absence of the broad vision of the soul that comes to a person with submission and faith. His view of the world becomes a disturbing one, limited to materialism and its pursuits, and nothing else. Therefore, ALLAH Ta'ala teaches us in the Holy Qur'an that in faith and in its closeness, one gets rid of spiritual and moral poverty, by attaining peace from the yoke of the soul. He said in Surat al-Fath:
He it is Who sent down As-Sakinah (calmness and tranquility) into the hearts of the believers, that they may grow more in Faith along with their (present) Faith.
Surah Al Fath – 4-Part
So, O believers, seek help from ALLAH and look at your lives and affairs with good, pure spirits, self-purification and contentment of heart. As he said in Surat al-Ra'd:
Those who believed (in the Oneness of ALLAH - Islâmic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of ALLAH, Verily, in the remembrance of ALLAH do hearts find rest[] (28)
Surah Al Rad – 28
وآخر دعوانا ان الحمد للہ رب العالمین- سبحان ربک رب العزة عما يصفون، وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين
