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Bismillahi ‘r-rahmani-r-rahim wa salatu wasalam ‘ala Rasulullah (alaihi wa ahlihi wasahabi salawatu wataslimat)
Our valuable lives are running out in committing sins, making mistakes and doing what is wrong. Therefore, it will be pleasant for us to discuss (elaborately) about repentance (Tawba), on hanging the head in shame before Allahu Subhanahu wa ta’ala our owner, creator and sustainer, Allahu ta’ala declares in the 31st ayat of surat an Nur:
O believers! You all repent and ask Allah’s pardon! You can be saved only by repenting.
Allahu ta’ala also declares in 120th ayat of surat ul Ana’m
Abstain from sins, whether they are evident open or secret.
It is compulsory for everybody to repent for his sins. Nobody can escape repentance. How can anyone escape repentance despite the fact that all prophets (alaihimu ‘s-salam)used to repent? Hadrat Muhammad (alaihi ‘salam) who is the final and greatest of all Messengers stated: A curtain (that prevents divine lights from coming get drawn across my heart. Therefore, i say istighfar seventy times each time a day (Maktubat). If the Prophet (alaihi’s-salam) and the noblest of the pious engage in tawba this is a perfect indication that we need to get ourselves completely immersed in repentance, so that our salvation may be hoped.
The exalted Prophet, Rasullullah (sallallahu alaihi waslam) said:
There will come such a time when only the name of Islam will remain on my Ummat. Believers will do only few Islamic customs, and they will not have any Iman left. Qur’an al-Karim will only be recited. They will not even know of the commandments and prohibitions. Their only thought will be about eating and drinking. They will forget about Allahu ta’ala. They will worship money only. They we become women slaves. They will not be contented with earning a little, nor will they be satisfied with earning much.
We are living at end of time and in the worst of ages with all the signs of end practically displayed before us. Zina (fornication, adultery) has become a way of life with almost everyone becoming a slave of his passion, lust and desires. Morality is thrown to the dogs with the few trying to abstain labelled as backward and uncivilized.
The noblest of servants, Rasulu-Karim Muhammad mustafa (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) once declared:
My Ummah (the Muslim) will become so lonesome (weak, forlorn) that every home will be loud with music.
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