The Quest of a Curious Muslim

The Quest of a Curious Muslim — Page 13

13 I have sinned! What do I do? First, sin should not be something that leads us to despair, for despair and guilt has the danger to lead to more sin, which in turn leads to more guilt, and it becomes a vicious cycle. Despair is Satan’s trick to make us fall back into sin. The Quran says: ﻗ ُ ﻞ ۡ ﯾ ٰ ﻌ ِ ﺒ َ ﺎ د ِ ى َ ا 6 7 ِ ﻳ ۡ ﻦ َ ا َ رس ۡ َ ﻓ ُ ﻮ ۡ ا ﻋ َ ىل ٰ ٓ ا َ ﻧ ۡ ﻔ ُ ﺴ ِ ﻬ ِ ﻢ ۡ ﻻ َ ﺗ َ ﻘ ۡ ﻨ َ ﻄ ُ ﻮ ۡ ا ﻣ ِ ﻦ ۡ ر 7 مح ۡ َ ﺔ ِ ا Q ّ ٰ ِ ؕ ا ِ ن 7 ا Q ّ ٰ َ ﯾ َ ﻐ ۡ ﻔ ِ ﺮ ُ ا 6 K ﻧ ُ ﻮ ۡ ب َ مج َ ِ ﯿ ۡ ﻌ ً ﺎ ؕ ا ِ ﻧ 7 ﻪ ٗ ﻫ ُ ﻮ َ ا ﻟ ۡ ﻐ َ ﻔ ُ ﻮ ۡ ر ُ ا ﻟ ﺮ 7 ﺣ ِ مي ۡ ُ ﴿ ٥٤ ﴾ “Say, ‘O My servants who have committed excesses against their own souls! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, surely Allah forgives all sins. Verily He is Most Forgiving, Merciful’” (39:54). The Holy Prophet sa once narrated the story of a person who murdered 99 people and then felt remorse. He asked for the most knowledgeable