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To be sinful is a small, weak qual-
ity of mine, and to be forgiving is
a great, powerful quality of Yours.
Can my weak quality be greater
than Your powerful quality?
O Allah, if all Your mercy is fin-
ished and if punishment is all that
is left, then give me all the sins of
all Your creatures and set them
free. I will take their punishment
because there is now nothing left
for me to have hope in, that is, if
Your Mercy has come to an end.
”
The man cried and cried and it
seemed as if the heavens and the
earth cried with him, and all the
creatures flying through the skies
and crawling on the earth and
swimming in the oceans too.
But it simply could not be, because
we all know that Allah is the All-
Merciful and that His mercy is