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Sorry what i ma writing, but after knowing about this site i come to knwo that Thanks Allah there is osme one to guide me. Brother i had made mani sins in my life like i got divorce in younge afte of 22, after that i got bad friends, n also i was having freedom from my home to go any where but reach home before 11 at night. i had sex many time illegaly and also used wine. but now i want to leave every thing as i am 23 age now. ifeel ike i am doing worng itsn ot good. i should stay in Islam as i am a muslim. can u please help me what should i do as Allah forgive me for what i have done also can u please tell me some thing i can read to stay away from such bad things. i am really very sorry to every thing i want to say tauba from my heart. can u please help me. i am my Allah to be happy from me as i did wrong.

regards

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Answer:

Forgiveness for sins and taqwa

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Dear and beloved Sister in Islam, your intention to seek sincere repentance for your past from your Lord Creator and return back to the Path of His Mercy is indeed a sign and an extension of the deep faith and fear of the Lord Most Majestic and His Day of Judgment that you hold in your heart. Allah is our witness sister, nothing is more beloved to Allah Subhanah than the sincere repentance of His slaves!

Whatever deeds one might have done, if one turns to Allah Subhanah in sincere Taubah and seeks forgiveness, Allah Subhanah has promised in the Holy Quran that He will forgive all the sins of such a believer, even if one has committed the gravest sin of all: ‘Shirk’! Not only that, our Lord is so Merciful and Generous, that He not only will forgive the sins of the believer, He will change his evil deeds done into good deeds!

The conditions or ways to seek sincere Taubah or Repentance from the Merciful Lord are:

1. One is aware that he has sinned, and feels sorry and ashamed at his sin.
2. Makes a solemn covenant and promise with Allah that he will not repeat his sin again.
3. Turns to Allah and seeks forgiveness, before he has met with his appointment of death.
4. Is a believer and does righteous good deeds thereafter.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:

(O Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving, All Merciful. Return to your Lord and submit to Him before the scourge overtakes you; for then you may get no help from anywhere.”

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verse 135-136:

Allah likes such good people very much, who, if ever they commit a base deed or wrong their own soul by the commission of a sin, remember Allah instantly, and ask for forgiveness from Him for their shortcomings. For who, but Allah, can forgive sins? (And Allah loves those) who do not knowingly persist in the wrongs they did. These will be rewarded with forgiveness from Allah, and with Gardens beneath which canals flow, and they will reside therein forever! How excellent is the reward of those who do good deeds!

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqaan verses 63-71:

The (true) servants of the Merciful are those who walk humbly on the earth. When the ignorant people behave insolently towards them, they say, “Peace to you”; (And those) who pass their nights in prostrating themselves and standing before their Lord and pray, “O our Lord, save us from the torment of Hell, for its torment is killing! It is an evil abode, and an evil resting place”. (And those) who, when they spend are neither extravagant, nor miserly, but keep the golden mean between the two extremes. (And those) who do not invoke any god but Allah Alone, nor kill a soul unjustly, which Allah has forbidden, nor commit adultery… He who does this shall be punished for his sin, and his torment shall be doubled on the Day of Resurrection, and he shall abide in a state of ignominy; EXCEPT THE ONE WHO MAY HAVE REPENTED (AFTER THOSE SINS), AND HAVE BELIEVED AND DONE RIGHTEOUS DEEDS. For then, Allah will change his evil deeds into good deeds, and He is very Forgiving and Merciful. In fact, one who repents and does righteous deeds, returns to Allah as one rightly should!

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 54:

When those come to you who believe in Our Signs, say: "Peace be on you! Your Lord had inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Mercy. Verily if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented and amended (his conduct), Lo! He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Your Question: can u please help me what should i do as Allah forgive me for what i have done

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:

(O Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving, All Merciful. Return to your Lord and submit to Him before the scourge overtakes you; for then you may get no help from anywhere.”

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2357 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud

Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "He who repents of a sin is like him who has committed no sin."

Dear and beloved Sister in Islam, regardless of whatever you might have done in your past, never never never ever despair of the Mercy of your Lord Most Merciful….for He surely forgives all (and Allah is our witness, absolutely all) the sins of those who turn to Him in sincere reptentance!

Beloved Sister, turn back unto your Lord in repentance, make a solemn covenant with Him that never ever will you return back to the path that brings about His Wrath and His Anger….and make a solemn intention and manifest your repentance by taking steps towards the doing of deeds that bring about His Pleasure and His Good-Will; it is expected that the Lord Most Merciful will not only wipe out all your evil deeds from your Book of Records, but from His Mercy and Grace, change those evil deeds into good deeds! Such is the Mercy of our Lord Most Merciful upon His believing and repentant slaves.

……..EXCEPT THE ONE WHO MAY HAVE REPENTED (AFTER THOSE SINS), AND HAVE BELIEVED AND DONE RIGHTEOUS DEEDS. For then, Allah will change his evil deeds into good deeds, and He is very Forgiving and Merciful. In fact, one who repents and does righteous deeds, returns to Allah as one rightly should! (Surah Al-Furqaan verses 70-71)

Your Question: also can u please tell me some thing i can read to stay away from such bad things.

Dear and beloved sister in Islam, it is not the mere reading or reciting of some verses or chants which alone can make one stay away from evil things….but it is the practical implementation in one’s life of the things one’s recite from the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah which can and will definitely help one, and gives one the knowledge, courage, and wisdom to stay away from doings deeds which transgress the Prescribed Boundaries of Allah Subhanah.

Thus beloved Sister, first and foremost, immerse yourself wholeheartedly in reading the Glorious Quran with understanding in a language you understand best, even if only once……Allah is our witness sister, nothing brings one closer to Allah Subhanah than the recitation, comprehension, and the implementation of the Wise Guidance of the Lord Who Created!

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah Nahl verse 89:

We have sent down to you this Book (Al-Quran), which makes everything plain, and is a guidance, blessing and good news to those who have surrendered themselves entirely.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 14 Surah Ibrahim verses 1-2:

This (Al-Quran) is a Book which We have sent down to you (O Prophet) that you may bring mankind, by the help of their Lord, out of the dark ways (of ignorance) into the Light (of knowledge), to the Way of that Lord, Who is All Powerful, and inherently All Praiseworthy, and the Owner of whatever is in the heavens and the earth.

If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of being led astray.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan