Quran Reflection -- Obtaining The Mercy Of Allah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

The essential role of the Quran in the lives of Muslims is that Quran is a reminder. It is a means of refreshing our commitment to Allah.

فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ ﴿٤٥

But remind by the Qur'an whoever fears My threat. [Quran, Qaf 50:45]

By definition, a reminder is something you already know, not new information. Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala repeated the same thing many times in the Quran. Why is there so much repetition in the Quran? Because people forget and even if they don't forget the Message, they forget to apply it in their lives.

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala reminds us in Surah AleImran to obey Him and His Messenger sallallahu alayhi wasallam,

وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ ﴿١٣٢﴾

And obey Allah and the Messenger that you may obtain mercy. [Quran, Aleimran 3:132]

Allah attributed the obedience to Allah and His Messenger with His mercy. There is no mercy without obedience to Allah and His Messenger.

Then Allah says,

وَسَارِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ‌ٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿١٣٣﴾ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِى ٱلسَّرَّآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَٱلْكَـٰظِمِينَ ٱلْغَيْظَ وَٱلْعَافِينَ عَنِ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٣٤﴾ وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٣٥﴾ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَجَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ ﴿١٣٦

And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous (133) Who spend [in the cause of Allah] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people - and Allah loves the doers of good; (134) And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allah? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know. (135) Those - their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow [in Paradise], wherein they will abide eternally; and excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers. (136) [Quran, AleImran 3:133-136]

Allah mentions certain category of people who will enter Jannah. They are the righteous (people of taqwa). Who are these people? 1) They spend in the cause of Allah during ease and hardship 2) They restrain their anger and pardon people 3) When they commit immorality or wrong themselves, they remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins.

Spending does not just means spending our wealth. It also includes our knowledge, time, efforts, youth, planning and priorities, and everything else that Allah has blessed us with.

We all have done wrong. Who knows all the things we have done wrong except ourselves and Allah. We have to find the time to ask Allah's for forgiveness. This is the main attribute of people who enter Jannah. When we sin, where are we going to go? Who do we turn to? We don't have anywhere else to turn except to Allah. Even if we disappoint our Lord, even if we fall short of the standard He sets for us, the true muttaq (the righteous) does not lose hope for the mercy of Allah.

May Allah make us of the righteous, who spend in ease and hardship for His sake, who restrain their anger and pardon people, who whenever they wrong themselves or commit an act of shamelessness and immorality, they remember Allah and hasten to the forgiveness of their Lord. May Allah grant us the highest Jannah. Aameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam