{"id":3361,"date":"2014-02-03T07:21:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T07:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2014-02-03T07:21:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T07:21:14","slug":"al-halim-allah-is-most-forbearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/02\/03\/3361\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Hal\u012bm \u2013 Allah is Most Forbearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/quranhadith\/al-halim.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>The Qur\u2019an refers to Allah as \u201cthe Forbearing\u201d eleven times. For instance, Allah says: \u201c<em>Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing<\/em>.\u201d [S\u016brah al-Baqarah: 225] <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Allah says: \u201c<em>Kind speech and forgiveness is better than charity followed by injury; and Allah is Self-Sufficient, Forbearing<\/em>.\u201d [S\u016brah al-Baqarah: 263] <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Allah is Forbearing. He does not hasten to punish his creatures for their sins. He is patient and withholds His wrath. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Allah says: \u201c<em>If Allah were to punish people according to what they deserve. He would not leave on the face of the Earth a single living creature: but He gives them respite for an appointed term<\/em>.\u201d [S\u016brah F\u0101tir: 45] <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is why we say in our supplications: \u201cO You who are Forbearing towards those who disobey you\u2026\u201d. All people commit sins and disobey their Lord, but Allah continues to give us respite in His kindness and forbearance, and He does not hasten on His punishment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a moment and visualize the whole world, all the people living on its surface in the east and west, and consider how many sins are committed every minute: consider all the fraud, injustice, deception, theft and licentiousness going on, not to mention disbelief in Allah. From this, we can get a glimpse of how forbearing Allah is to us. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To describe Allah as Forbearing is to give witness to His strength. Forbearance implies having might and power. We do not say that a person is forbearing unless that person, when angered, holds back and willfully refrains from doing what he or she is capable of doing in response to that anger. As for someone who is weak and incapable of taking vengeance, and for this reason alone suffers the abuse of others, such a person is not described as forbearing. Forbearance is an attribute of the strong, not the weak. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moreover, the attribute of forbearance shows the lofty virtues of the one who possesses it. When someone in a position of power shows forbearance, it means that he or she understands the value of patience and self-restraint. It places that person above the foolishness and banality of those who have been abusive, by not stooping down to their level. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forbearance is inseparable from the attributes of strength and power, and it is an attribute of Allah who does not hasten to punish his servants for their sins, even though He is fully capable of doing so. He is patient with his servants, though they disobey Him and even deny that He exists. He is kind to them and calls them to righteousness; He preserves their health and continues to provide for their every need. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If the sinner would only think for a moment that those very sins are carried out with the hands, the eyes, and the other means that Allah has provided, the sinner would in shame refrain from disobeying Allah. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is why, on the Day of Judgment, \u201c<em>\u2026their tongues, their hands, and their feet will bear witness against them regarding what they used to do.<\/em>\u201d [S\u016brah al-N\u016br: 24]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span> <strong><em>IslamToday<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Qur\u2019an refers to Allah as \u201cthe Forbearing\u201d eleven times. 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