Repentance

There are many inadequacies, shortcomings, and failings common to human beings. Some of them are:
We are very ungrateful –

[17:67] If you are afflicted in the middle of the sea, you forget your idols and sincerely implore Him alone. But as soon as He saves you to the shore, you revert. Indeed, the human being is unappreciative.

We have difficulty resisting lust –

[4:27-28] GOD wishes to redeem you, while those who pursue their lusts wish that you deviate a great deviation. GOD wishes to lighten your burden, for the human being is created weak.

We are prone to idolatry and transgression –

[14:30] They set up rivals to rank with GOD …  [14:34] And He gives you all kinds of things that you implore Him for. If you count GOD’s blessings, you can never encompass them. Indeed, the human being is transgressing, unappreciative.

We are hasty –

[17:11] The human being often prays for something that may hurt him, thinking that he is praying for something good. The human being is impatient.

We are full of apprehension –

[70:19-21] Indeed, the human being is anxious. If touched by adversity, despondent. If blessed by wealth, stingy.

We are tight-fisted, stingy –

[17:100] Proclaim, “If you possessed my Lord’s treasures of mercy, you would have withheld them, fearing that you might exhaust them. The human being is stingy.”

We are not ready to accept our own faults and shortcomings –

[18:54] We have cited in this Quran every kind of example, but the human being is the most argumentative creature.

A person under the influence of these weaknesses will not repent over what he has done wrong nor will he be inclined to do good deeds. Yet, the Most Gracious has endowed us with so many faculties – 

[16:78] GOD brought you out of your mothers’ bellies knowing nothing, and He gave you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brains, that you may be appreciative.

[30:21] Among His proofs is that He created for you spouses from among yourselves, in order to have tranquillity and contentment with each other, and He placed in your hearts love and care towards your spouses. In this, there are sufficient proofs for people who think.

[91:5-8] The sky and Him who built it.  The earth and Him who sustains it. The soul and Him who created it. Then showed it what is evil and what is good.

Above all, we have God’s provision of guidance:

[76:3] We showed him the two paths, then, he is either appreciative, or unappreciative.

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