Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 411
Undated 411 in his heart, which is the greatest of all sins and is the sin of Satan. Satan boasted that he did not commit any sin, which is why he became Satan. The sin that proceeds from man is for break- ing the nafs [self ]. When a person commits a sin, he acknowl- edges his evil and, realizing his helplessness, bows down before God Almighty. A fly has two wings, one has poison, and the other has the antidote. It has been mentioned in the noble a ha d i th that if a fly gets into your food or drink, it dips only one of its wings into it, which has poison in it, but before you take it out, dip its other wing as well, so that it will produce an antidote against it. 1 This is the example of human sin and taubah. If a sin is com- mitted, offer taubah , for it is an antidote to it and removes the poison of sin. Bow before God Almighty in humility and earnest suppli- cation so He may have mercy on you. If there had been no sin, there would have been no progress either. When a person who knows that he has committed a sin and sees himself as guilty bows down to God, then he is shown mercy, and he progresses. It is written: ٗ ذَنْب َ لَہ اْلَّ ْ َمَن ك ِ نْب َّ ائِب ُ مِن َ الذ َّ اَلت ٗ ذَنْب َ لَہ اْلَّ ْ َمَن ك ِ نْب َّ ائِب ُ مِن َ الذ َّ اَلت. One who does taubah from sin is as if he had never sinned, but taubah should be done with a sincere heart and with genuine intentions so that a per- son will never commit that sin again. Even if it happens later due to weakness, at the time of taubah , he should have a firm resolve and true intention on his part that he will not commit that sin in the future. There should not be any corruption in the intention, but there should be a firm intention that one will not come close to this evil until 1. S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a b Bada’ al-Khalq, B a bu Idha Waqa’a al-Dhub a bu f i Shar a bi Ahadikum Falyaghmishu, fa Inna f i Ihda Jan a hayhi D a ’an wa f i al- Ukhra Shif a ’an, Hadith 3320 [Publisher]