Opportunity to repent

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Salam alaykum waramatullah wabarakatuhu,


I pray this post meets you in the best of health and eeman. Alhamdulilah there were very good contributions made to the last post. I pray Allah continues to increase us in eeman and knowledge. Ameen.


One of the pillars of eeman is to believe in Allah, which requires belief in the Names and attributes of Allah (subhanallah watahala). This requires having a good understanding of the names not just the direct translations.


Al Haleem is a Name of Allah (subhanallah watahala) which is usually translated as "the forbearing". It is from the word "Hulum" which means tolerance and al Haleem means "the one who delays the punishment". Perhaps it can be understood with this statement: Allah (subhanallah watahala) gave life to man, nourishes him, gave him all he needs to grow and develop. Man disobeys. Allah (subhanallah watahala) sent messengers and books to guide him and he still denies the existence of God.



Instead of him receiving the punishement at the time he disobeys, Allah (subhanallah watahala) delays the punishment on him, giving him an opportunity to repent and come back to Him (subhanallah watahala).


Subhanallah doesn't this explanation give a better understanding, enabling us to further understand the mercy of Allah (subhanallah watahala) on us. 


May Allah (subhanallah watahala) enable us to be of those who return and repent to Him before a time when our repentance can be of no benefit to us. 


And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped. (Q39vs54)


Jazakallah khayran.

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Anonymous said…
May Allah make it easy on us! May Allah (SWT) also increse you in knowledge to write more articles. Ameen
27 January 2011 at 20:40
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