When a person sins, his sin is GUARANTEED to be written.
But when one seeks repentance, it is NOT GUARANTEED to be wiped away.
Why? Because the conditions of repentance may or may not have been met.
Furthermore, when one does a good deed, it is NOT GUARANTEED that it is written.
Why? Because the conditions of the deed may or may not have been met.
Scary stuff hey?
QUOTE=samiha
I can only concur with everyone's statements.
I think something to keep in mind is, that although Allaah subhanahu wa ta`ala can forgive our sins and change them to good deeds - this is conditional upon a sincere and true repentance. Yet how are we to guarantee ourselves of this? We should try our best and turn to Allaah as sincere as possible, but our hearts should not feel confirmed and content with this and believe that automatically by doing this our sins are cleared, and our slates are free of marks. The servant of Allaah should continuously be in a state of striving and having these quotes in mind is a good way to remind ourselves.
When you know the consequences of your deeds may remain forever, it makes you judge yourself a lot more critically.
May Allaah forgive us all, and increase our endeavors and striving towards good. END OF QUOTE
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mashallah thank you so much. you made it more better for me to understand. i always felt guilty when i did or said something wrong, even if i repent or never do it again, i still feel scared and upset that i did it. even if its been years i still would remember it. so i always thought in my heart that my sins were still there. what my dad use to teach us when we were little about sins can be replaced with good deeds, i still never actually felt it was true because when you do something wrong, you cant say oh im never going to do it again and Allah inshallah will forgive me, you will always feel bad about it.
so thats why i asked and wanted to know more about it.
but you guys are great, you said it all and i understand it so well.
yes we should not take advantage of Allahs forgiveness. We should always think about this quote before and after we do haram.