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by: Amatullah September 16th,
2009
Difference
between ‘Afuww and Ghafoor On
the Day of Judgment, we may find that many sins we committed are not in our
record, this is ‘afw; Allah completely removes your sins from your
record as if you never committed them. When it comes to ‘afw, Allah
ta’ala says: وَيَعْفُ
عَن كَثِيرٍ And
He pardons much. (42:34) Al
‘Afuww pardons His Servants by not calling them to account for their sins and
erasing their sins from their records. Not only does Allah pardon and remove
our sins, He subhahanhu wa ta’ala loves to Pardon as we are taught to
say in the duaa. Imam
Al-Qurtubi indicates that this quality is also indicative of Allah being easy
on His creation. Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen rahimahullah states, “Al ‘Afuww is the
One who has always been and always will be known for His Pardoning. He effaces
the sins of His slaves, relinquishing the punishment of the deserving thereof.” Al
Ghafoor comes from the root which means to cover, conceal and shield. When
Allah forgives a sin, it means that He covers it and conceals it. Al Ghafoor is
the One who does not expose the sins of His Slaves, He shields and
protects His Slaves from the consequences of their sins and still forgives even
though He is All-Aware of the wrong they committed. When
it comes to Al Ghafoor, the sins He forgives will still appear in your record.
Allah ta’ala says when it comes to His Forgiveness: إِنَّ
اللَّهَ لَا
يَغْفِرُ أَن
يُشْرَكَ بِهِ
وَيَغْفِرُ
مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ
لِمَن
يَشَاءُ Allah
forgives not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgives anything
else, to whom He pleases. (4:48) Al
Ghafoor is the One who forgives any sin, no matter the size, as long as one
seeks sincere repentance. Al Ghafoor even forgives the sins when we don’t seek
repentance; out of His Mercy He has ordained that when the Muslim does certain
acts, they will automatically have some or all of their sins forgiven. The
sins that Allah did not erase (‘afw) will still appear in our record,
but Al Ghafoor can still forgive them. The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam
said, When
Al ‘Afuww and Al Ghafoor are paired together, it shows how Merciful and
Compassionate Allah is. He Pardons much, and for those sins He does not Pardon,
He will forgive and conceal if He Wills. Relation
between Al Afuww and Al Qadeer Al
Qadeer the One Who has complete and perfect Power and Ability. Why would Allah
mention He is the All Capable and pair it with al ‘Afuww? When
you think about the act of pardoning, it becomes more difficult each time. Pardoning
someone once may be easy, but after a few times, we will become annoyed and
frustrated. It is the nature of humans that we are revengeful and want the
upper hand. Rather, and for Allah is the Highest Example, it is the One who is
All Capable, The Perfect One, Compassionate, Loving and Merciful, who can
constantly and consistently pardon. He does not want His Slaves to
enter the Hell-Fire and His Mercy encompasses all things. This is why Al Afuww
and Al Qadeer are paired; it is only Al Qadeer who is able to pardon over and
over again, and love doing so. Why
do we make this duaa during the last 10 nights? The scholars say that if this
duaa is answered, we will inshaAllah come on the Day of Judgment with our sins
pardoned–completely erased from our records. Ramadan is the month of mercy and
forgiveness, so how successful will we be if we not only have our sins forgiven
but completely erased! Allahumma
innaka ‘Afuwwun tuhibul ‘afwa fa’fu ‘anna. O Allah, You are The Pardoner, You
love to Pardon, so Pardon us. (ps-
do you like the new look of Tayyibaat or do you like the previous one? :)
Jazaakum Allahu khayran)
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