1429 - الاستِغفارُ وزِيادَةُ الرِّزقِ‏

1429. SEEKING FORGIVENESS AND INCREASE IN SUSTENANCE

(وَأنِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُمْ مَتاعاً حَسَناً إِلَى‏ أجَلٍ مُسَمَّىً وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِي فَضْلٍ فَضْلَهُ) .¹

“Whoever commits evil or wrongs himself and then pleads Allah for forgiveness, will find Allah all-forgiving, all-merciful.”²

“Plead with your Lord for forgiveness, then turn to Him penitently. He will provide you with a good provision for a specified term and grant His grace to every meritorious person.”³

(وَيا قَوْمِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ السَّماءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْراراً وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إلَى‏ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلا تَتَوَلَّوْا مُجْرِمِينَ) .⁴

“O my people! Plead with your Lord for forgiveness, then turn to Him penitently: He will send copious rains for you from the sky, and add power to your [present] power. So do not turn your backs [on Him] as guilty ones.”⁵

4816.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: وقد جَعَلَ اللَّهُ سبحانَهُ الاستِغفارَ سَبَباً لِدُرورِ الرِّزقِ ورَحمَةِ الخَلقِ ، فقالَ سبحانَهُ : (اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إنّهُ كانَ غَفّاراً )⁶ فَرَحِمَ اللَّهُ امرَأً استَقبَلَ تَوبَتَهُ ، واستَقالَ خَطيئتَهُ ، وبادَرَ مَنِيّتَهُ . ⁷

4816.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Allah the Glorified has made asking for forgiveness a means for increasing the sustenance of the people and His mercy upon them and He the Glorified has said: “ask for forgiveness from your Lord, verily He is all-forgiving.”⁸ Therefore, the mercy of Allah be upon he who repents and asks for abandoning his sin and does good deeds before the arrival of his death.’⁹

4817.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الاستِغفارُ يَزِيدُ في الرِّزقِ .¹⁰

4817.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Seeking forgiveness increases sustenance.’¹¹

4818.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اِستَغفِرْ تُرزَقْ .¹²

4818.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Seek forgiveness and you will be provided sustenance.’¹³

(اُنظر) الرزق : باب 821 ، 822 .

(See also: SUSTENANCE: section 821, 822)

303 - الاستِغفار

303. SEEKING FORGIVENESS

1428 - فَضْلُ الاستِغفارِ

1428. THE VIRTUE OF SEEKING FORGIVENESS

(وَالَّذِينَ إذا فَعَلُوا فاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أنْفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا لِذُنُوبِهِمْ) .¹

“And those who, when they commit an indecent act or wrong themselves, remember Allah, and plead [Allah’s] forgiveness for their sins – and who forgives sins except Allah? – and who do not knowingly persist in what they have committed.”²

(وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا أوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ يَجِدِ اللَّهَ غَفُوراً رَحِيماً ) .³

4808.لقمانُ عليه السلام - في وصيَّتِهِ لابنِهِ - : يا بُنَيَّ ، لا يكونُ الدِّيكُ أكيَسَ مِنكَ ،يقومُ في وَقتِ السَّحَرِ ويَستَغفِرُ ، وأنتَ نائمٌ !⁴

4808. Luqman (AS) in his advice to his son, said, ‘O my son, do not let the rooster be smarter than you – it rises at dawn seeking forgiveness whilst you sleep!’⁵

4809.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: خَيرُ الدعاءِ الاستِغفارُ .⁶

4809.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best supplication is seeking forgiveness.’⁷

4810.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : خَيرُ العِبادَةِ الاستِغفارُ .⁸

4810.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The best act of worship is seeking forgiveness.’⁹

4811.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أكثِرُوا مِن الاستِغفارِ ؛ فإنّ اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ لم يُعَلِّمْكُمُ الاستِغفارَ إلّا وهُو يُريدُ أن يَغفِرَ لَكُم .¹⁰

4811. 4816. The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Increase your seeking of forgiveness, for verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has only taught you to seek forgiveness because He wants to forgive you.’¹¹

4812.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : عَجِبتُ لِمَن يَقنَطُ ومَعهُ الاستِغفارُ !¹²

4812.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘I am surprised at the one who despairs whilst he has [the ability to seek] forgiveness!’¹³

4813.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : تَعَطَّرُوا بالاستِغفارِ لاتَفضَحْكُم روائحُ الذُّنوبِ .¹⁴

4813.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Perfume yourselves with seeking forgiveness so that you are not exposed by the stench of sins.’¹⁵

4814.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن اُعطِيَ الاستِغفارَ لم يُحرَمِ المَغفِرَةَ .¹⁶

4814.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who is given the opportunity to seek forgiveness is not deprived forgiveness.’¹⁷

4815.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ العَبدَ إذا أذنَبَ ذَنباً اُجِّلَ مِن غُدوَةٍ إلَى الليلِ ، فإنِ استَغفَرَ اللَّهَ لم يُكتَبْ علَيهِ .¹⁸

4815.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily when a servant commits a sin, it is kept on hold from morning until night, so if he seeks forgiveness for it, it is not recorded against him.’¹⁹