The truth about your sins!

The Truth About Your Sins

Many times as human beings, we see sin as a problem. When we sin or when we make a mistake, many of us have the reaction of we become withdrawn. We feel so ashamed that many of us, we don't even address the topic with Allah.

Just leave it in a dark corner, let's not talk about it. The Prophet ﷺ informs us, Allah is happy, pleased by someone who makes a mistake, does something wrong and returns to Him. More happy than if you were perfect.

(Sahih Muslim, Book 37, Hadith 6618)

He wants you to make a mistake and return. Make a mistake and come back. Make a mistake and come back.

Why Would That Please Allah?

Why would that please Allah? Why wouldn't perfection please Allah? This is actually the question that the angels asked Allah when He decided to create human beings. Allah says, I'm going to create this being. This human being has choices.

They can decide to betray Me or they can decide to obey Me. The angels said, that doesn't make any sense. Just keep creating us. We'll just keep obeying You all the time. But Allah said, no, I want you to watch what I'm about to do.

And then He says, see, I told you it was worth creating. But what are these names? Allah just said, all the names. He didn't say what names, which names, the names of which things. And so scholars have always debated, what are these names referring to?

The Names Allah Taught Adam

I will say here the opinion of the scholars that I most lean towards is that the names Allah told Adam are His names — the names of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. As though to say to the angels: yes, this weak human being may have the ability to murder somebody and make mistakes, do all sorts of wrong things. But if he or she understands who I am, they can beat you in their worship, angels.

They can be ahead of you in their worship — not because they will be perfect, but because every time they slip, they will come back to Me running.