As Muslims, we acknowledge that all good is from Allah, and this is something sought and is a means of attaining pleasure in this world and the next. Yet we are in a fix. Every day, or so it seems, we wake up and make ourselves enemies to this goodness and its pleasures, and quite frankly we are most unlikely to do much better tomorrow. Our case would appear hopeless.
We agree that greed, trickery, exploitation and oppression should be detested, yet we want Him (ta’ala) to make an exception in our case and let us off this one time. How loose we are and inconsistent, how duplicitous are our souls in the condemnation of others without due regard to ourselves! The goodness Allah makes freely available to those who seek it sincerely is a form of great safety, but if ignored, is a source of great danger.
Praise be to Allah for the doorway of repentance, and praise be to Allah for His Mercy which overcomes our shortfalls, our failings, our dishonesty and which instead fulfills our hopes and dreams… insha Allah!
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