Kesantunan Menjelang Ramadan

الْحَلِيمُ

Al-Ḥalīm The Forbearing

وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِن دَابَّةٍ

If Allah were to take mankind to task for their wrong-doing, he would not leave hereon a living creature, but He reprieveth them to an appointed term, and when their term cometh they cannot put (it) off an hour nor (yet) advance (it)

Surah An-Naḥl (16:61)

Niat

Today, I will use Al-Ḥalīm's forbearance wisely, repenting for one thing I have been postponing.

Renungan

Al-Ḥalīm at cosmic scale shows forbearance to a humanity that pollutes His earth, denies His existence, and harms His creation, and yet the sun still rises for them every morning. In Shaʿbān, His forbearance with you is an invitation: He is giving you time to prepare. Time to repent. Time to fix what is broken before the sacred month arrives. Do not waste His patience.

Tentang ayat ini

Not a single creature, mā taraka ʿalayhā min dābbah. If He punished immediately, nothing would survive. His forbearance is what sustains the world.

Doa

The du'a of Laylat al-Qadr, but said now, in Shaʿbān, as rehearsal. Prepare the words before the night arrives.

Hadis

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Allah extends His hand at night so the sinner of the day may repent, and He extends His hand during the day so the sinner of the night may repent.'

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2759