صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Repentance

Allah Almighty announces in the Quran:

وَّ اَنِ اسۡتَغۡفِرُوۡا رَبَّکُمۡ  ثُمَّ  تُوۡبُوۡۤا  اِلَیۡہِ یُمَتِّعۡکُمۡ مَّتَاعًا حَسَنًا اِلٰۤی اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّی

And this; that, ask forgiveness from your Lord, then repent to Him; He will provide you excellent living until the appointed time.^[1]

Allah Almighty instructed His Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم to command people to repent for their previous sins. They were also told to make firm intention to not sin in future. Whoever repents sincerely and wholeheartedly devotes himself to worshipping Allah is granted a huge amount of rizq, their life is made easy, and Allah becomes pleased with them. If a difficulty comes their way in this world, the fact Allah is pleased with them means said difficulty becomes a means of them increasing in rank.^[2]

The prophetic advice of Hūd

The Holy Quran mentions the following statement of Prophet Hūd عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم:

وَ یٰقَوۡمِ اسۡتَغۡفِرُوۡا رَبَّکُمۡ ثُمَّ تُوۡبُوۡۤا اِلَیۡہِ  یُرۡسِلِ السَّمَآءَ  عَلَیۡکُمۡ مِّدۡرَارًا وَّ  یَزِدۡکُمۡ   قُوَّۃً   اِلٰی قُوَّتِکُمۡ  وَ لَا  تَتَوَلَّوۡا  مُجۡرِمِیۡنَ )۵۲(

And O my people! Seek forgiveness from your Lord, then turn towards Him (in repentance); He will send rain in abundance upon you and will add strength to your present strength, and do not turn away whilst committing crimes.^[3]