Comments on: The Nature of God http://learnaboutislam.org/2008/06/24/the-nature-of-god/ Satisfy your hunger for the truth Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:30:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: metrodawah http://learnaboutislam.org/2008/06/24/the-nature-of-god/#comment-461 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:03:52 +0000 http://metrodawah.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-461 Hi Victoria, forgiveness is entirely up to God, who is known as “Allah” in Arabic. Allah (glory to Him the Most High) is the Just, the Wise, the All-Knowing, and He is also the Most Merciful, the Compassionate. He evaluates each person on the Day of Judgment, looking at their beliefs, intentions, and actions, and then according to His Mercy He decides what to forgive. One can strive to do what is good and avoid what is evil, and to ask Allah to forgive one’s sins.

Muslims do not have a guarantee of salvation. We ask Allah for forgiveness of our sins. Human beings frequently commit sins, even though we may not always be aware of them. Even the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who is our role model, asked Allah for forgiveness 70 times a day. So we, who are nowhere near his level of righteousness, also ask regularly for forgiveness.

]]> By: Victoria http://learnaboutislam.org/2008/06/24/the-nature-of-god/#comment-459 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:57:03 +0000 http://metrodawah.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-459 Hi, I’m taking an introduction to islam course at BYU, and I had a couple of questions.

In some of the readings we’ve done from the Qur’an and Hadith, forgiveness of sins seems kind of arbitrary. How does that work? Is there some kind of a law of justice that the final judgment is based on, or does Allah simply decide? Also, I can’t figure out exactly what different Muslim leaders are saying when the talk about Muslim sinners–do Muslims have to repent of their sins, or does simply being Muslims and worshipping assure them of salvation?

Thanks,
Victoria

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