Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Repentance And Returning (To Allah)
Repentance and Returning (To Allah) التوبة والإنابة والتائب
- Repentance is heartfelt regret, seeking forgiveness with the tongue, abandoning [the sin] with the limbs and a determination never to repeat it again.
1ـ اَلتَّوبَةُ نَدَمٌ بِالقَلبِ، واسْتِغْفارٌ بِاللِّسانِ، وَتَرْكٌ
بِالجَوارِحِ، وإضمارُ أن لايَعُودَ.
- Be careful not to make haste in sinning and to delay repentance, thereby making your punishment greater.
2ـ إيَّاكَ أنْ تُسْلِفَ المَعْصيَةَ، وتُسَوِّفَ بالتَّوبَةِ،
فَتَعْظُمَ لَكَ العُقُوبَةُ.
- Is there no one who is repentant for his sins before his death comes?
3ـ ألا تائِبٌ مِنْ خَطيئَتِهِ قَبْلَ حُضُورِ مَنيَّتِهِ.
- Repentance is an eraser [of bad deeds].
4ـ التَّوْبَةُ مِمْحاةٌ.
- One who confesses his sins [and feels regret] is repentant.
5ـ اَلمُقِرُّ بِالذُّنُوبِ تائِبٌ.
- Repentance causes [divine] mercy to descend.
6ـ اَلتَّوبَةُ تَسْتَنْزِلُ الرَّحْمَةَ.
- Sincere repentance cancels [one’s] sins.
7ـ إخْلاصُ التَّوبَةِ يُسْقِطُ الحَوْبَةَ.
- Repentance purifies the hearts and washes away sins.
8ـ اَلتَّوْبَةُ تُطَهِّرُ القُلُوبَ، وتَغْسِلُ الذُّنُوبَ.
- Through repentance, sins are purged.
9ـ بِالتَّوبَةِ تُمَحَّصُ السَّيـِّئاتُ.
- Through repentance, sins are expiated.
10ـ بِالتَّوبَةِ تُكَفَّرُ الذُّنُوبُ.
- The fruit of repentance is correcting the excesses of the self.
11ـ ثَمَرَةُ التَّوْبَةِ اسْتِدْراكُ فَوارِطِ النَّفسِ.
- Sincere repentance erases misdeeds.
12ـ حُسْنُ التَّوْبَةِ يَمْحُو الحَوْبَةَ.
- One who repents [with sincerity] has indeed returned [to Allah].
13ـ مَنْ تابَ فَقَدْ أنابَ.
- One who is granted repentance will not be deprived of its acceptance.
14ـ مَنْ اُعْطِيَ التَّوبَةَ لَمْ يُحْرَمِ القَبُولَ.
- How devastating repentance is for the great crimes [one commits]!
15ـ ما أهْدَمَ التَّوبَةَ لِعَظيمِ الجُرْمِ.
- There is no good in this world except for two [types of] people: the person who makes amends for the sins that he commits, through repentance, and the person who struggles against his lower-self in obedience to Allah, the Glorified.
16ـ لاخَيرَ في الدُّنيا إلاّ لأحَدِ رَجُلَينِ: رَجُلٌ أذْنَبَ ذُنُوباً
فَهُوَ يَتَدارَكُها بِالتَّوْبَةِ، ورَجُلٌ يُجاهِدُ نَفْسَهُ على طاعةِ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ.
- The smallest [amount of] repentance and seeking forgiveness purges sins and repeated misdeeds.
17ـ يَسيرُ التَّوبَةِ والاستِغْفارِ يُمَحِّصُ المَعاصِىَ والإصْرارَ.
- It is by returning [to Allah] that forgiveness is gained.
18ـ مَعَ الإنابَةِ تـَكُونُ المَغْفِرَةُ.