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Surah
Zumar 39:53-4 - Nouman
Ali Khan
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against
themselves [by sinning], do not despair of
the mercy of Allah .
قُلْ يَا
عِبَادِيَ
الَّذِينَ
أَسْرَفُوا
عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ
لَا تَقْنَطُوا
مِن رَّحْمَةِ
اللَّهِ ۚ
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ
الذُّنُوبَ
جَمِيعًا
ۚ إِنَّهُ
هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against
themselves [by sinning], do not despair of
the mercy of Allah . Indeed, Allah forgives sins altogether. Indeed, it is He who
is the Extremely Forgiving,
the Permanently
Merciful."
سرف - Sarf - muSrif
مسرف = Crossing the limit. i.e.
Allah has set a limit, and you cross that limit. That is a muSRiF.
[i.e. if you place a boundary in a field, and your
horse goes past that boundary - it is called a muSrif.]
قنط Qanata - to become depressed,
hopeless - where you expect nothing good anymore.
غفر - Ghafr
- Covers/Forgives [sins].
غفور - Ghafoor -
The letter 'Waw' و in
the middle of a word in the Arabic language - makes it EXCESSIVE. So GhafOOr = EXTREMELY forgiving.
رحيم - Raheem - the
letter 'Ya' ي - in
the middle of a word implies PERMANENCY.
So RahEEm = PERMANENTLY
Merciful.
GEM:
Allah did not say He is PERMANENTLY Forgiving [Ghafeer غفير ] - because He is not Always
Forgiving (some people He will not forgive - He will punish them). This
encourages people to repent to Him and to avoid sins, hoping that He will
forgive them, but not feeling 100% secure about what Allah will do. This
instills hope and reliance in Allah's Mercy.
So you ask Allah for forgiveness, because He is Extremely
forgiving. But He is not always Forgiving. If He was always forgiving - you
would always do sins and say 'He will forgive me because He is always
forgiving'. Yet when Allah punishes, He is still Permanently
merciful because He is having mercy on others.
Surah Zumar 39:54:
وَأَنِيبُوا
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ
وَأَسْلِمُوا
لَهُ مِن
قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ
الْعَذَابُ
ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
And return to your Lord and completely submit to
Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.
aSlim - Silm
- سلم - Complete Surrender. I.e. when the police catches a criminal and tells them to Surrender themselves
completely in obedience to them.
Nasr نصر - ALOT of help.
This word is used for when Nations supply other nations with Millions of money
in food and medicine etc. to relieve them of their hardship.
Allah is hinting that if you do not repent and submit to Allah - He will punish
you with such a big punishment, that a small amount of help will not be able to
help you. You will need ALOT of help [Nasr], and you will not even get that
help.