some tweets about forgiveness

1 Humankind, according to Islam is born in a state of purity, without sin and naturally inclined to worship and praise God. However, human beings are also given freewill and are thus capable of making mistakes and committing sins; they are even capable of committing great evil. each human being comes into this life with a pure, wholesome nature and a clean slate. For it is our inner state and deeds that bring us near to or take us far from our Lord. Salvation is conferred by God’s grace and mercy, not through the sacrifice or vicarious atonement of any intermediary. And each individual’s accounting is directly with God.

2 for example in Islam, seeking forgiveness from Allah/God for sins is done in 3 steps:

1. the sin that you have committed, you have to stop it immediately

2. you have to be regretful for the sin that you committed.

3. you have to make an intention to not return to that particular sin.

there is no offering or sacrifice that is required, all you have to do is turn back to Allah/God The Oft-Forgiving, and call upon Him alone to seek forgiveness, without any middle man or intermediaries.

And seek forgiveness from Allah. Truly, He is the Most Forgiving.

— Quran 4:106

3 If one falls into sin, all that is required is sincere repentance followed by seeking God’s forgiveness. When a person sins he or she pushes themselves away from the mercy of God, however sincere repentance brings a person back to God.

As for those who commit sins, and then repent afterwards and believe — your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful. — Quran 7:153

4 Just because you fall or commit a sin, doesn’t mean you’re evil. It shows you’re human. But how you fix yourself thereafter is what matters most.

Then your Lord — for those who did evil because of ignorance, then repented after that and corrected themselves — surely your Lord is, after all that, Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful. — Quran 16:119

Allah knows best.

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