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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islam Fundamental Principles and Teachings On Repentance and Returning To Allah The prophet is reported as saying, “There is not a day whose dawn break is risen and not a night whose dusk is set except that two angels converse a quartet between themselves, with the first saying: If only these creature were not created, The other says, now that they are created if only they would do what they were created for, The other says, or if they do not know what they were created for, if only they act according what they know, The other says, or if they do not act according to what they know, if only they would repent for what they did”.267 When someone in his presence sought Allah’s forgiveness and said astaghfirullah, Amir al-Mo’mineen responded saying, “may your mother mourn you!

Do you know what it means to seek forgiveness from Allah? Seeking forgiveness is a rank of the elite, and it is a name underlying six meanings: The first is regret over what has occurred, The second is the determination not to ever go back to it, The third is to recompense the right of others so that you meet Allah while being plain without any liability upon you. Fourth is to fulfil any obligatory duty you have missed.

Fifth is to eliminate any flesh that may have nourished and grown through a forbidden [thing] through sorrow feelings until the skin touches the bone, and a new flesh grows in between. 267 Jami‘ al-Sa‘adat, by M. M. Naraqi, vol.3, p37.

The sixth is to make the body taste the pain of obedience just as you made it taste delight of disobedience, and it is then that you may say astaghfirullah.268 In another hadith, it is stated, “he who intends to commit a sin but does not do it [the Lord will not reprimand him] but it may be that the servant commits a sin and the Lord – the Blessed and the Mighty – sees him and says, “By my Might and by my Majesty I shall never forgive you after this”.269 Imam S{a>diq said, “fear the trivial (the dismissed or scoffed at) sins, for they will not be forgiven.” He was asked what are the trivial ones?