“So for the true believer the point is always God; success and failure, happiness and sadness are means not cause for depression or giving up, nor self-righteousness and egoism. One either achieves piety or dies trying; either way one is in the grace of God, Most High. That is what life and Religion are about. That is Tawhid in practice.”
–Shaykh Qays Arthur
The chapter discusses lessons on repentance and forgiveness from Adam and Eve.
What have I done to nurture my soul and purify my heart? How many times have I genuinely apologized for wrongdoing or harming others?
We were roped by a feeling of guilt and shame, and a burden to prove that we were not guilty. But in this case, there is nothing we can do to prove we’re not guilty. Still, the president’s executive order evokes September 11 when suddenly revoking permanent residents’ access to their homes, jobs, and lives.