سَعِيۡرٌ لَّلۡعُصَاةِ لَهَا زَفِيۡرٌ       وَغَيۡظُ يَوۡمٍ يُؤۡخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِيۡ

(For sinners there is a thundering Hell, which has thunder and the day they will be caught by the foreheads, they will be visited by wrath of Allah).

فَاِنۡ تَصۡبِرۡ عَلَي النِّيۡرَانِ فَاعۡصِهُ   وَ اِلَّا كُنۡ عَنِ الۡعِصۡيَانِ قَاصِيۡ

(If you can bear the fire, then become disobedient. Otherwise, give up disobedience.)

وَفِيۡمَا قَدۡ كَسَبَتۡ مِنَ الۡخَطَايَا         رَهَنۡتَ النَّفۡسَ فَاجۡهَدۡ فِي الۡخَلَاصِي

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(Whatever sins you have committed, you have trapped your Nafs. Now you must strive for salvation.)

‘Utbah-tul-Ghulam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was in an emotional state. After recovering, he asked: O Shaykh! Will the Merciful Creator accept the repentance of a despicable person like me? He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied: Why not? Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ accepts the repentance and remorse of His sinful bondman. Sayyiduna ‘Utbah-tul-Ghulam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه then made three Du’as:

1.         ‘O my Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! If You have accepted my repentance and forgiven my sins, then grant me such an intellect and memory that whatever I hear from Islamic knowledge and the Holy Quran I can memorise it.

2.         O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Bless me with such a pleasant voice which could soften even the heart of a hard-hearted person when he listens to my recitation of the Holy Quran.

3.         O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Grant me Halal sustenance and by such means which I cannot even think about.