Compensating the faults
The next step is to know that "it is human to err" and no one is sinless except for the infallibles (a.s.). It is important for man to try to correct his mistakes, not to insist on committing sins, to overcome his obstinacy and not to be stubborn. It is important to know that self-satisfaction and considering the sins insignificant and pardonable are the biggest mistakes!
Even Satan, who committed the greatest mistake and the biggest sin, questioned the wisdom of God and disobeyed him by considering the prostration before Adam an unwise order. If his stubbornness had not overshadowed his mind, and if he was not riding the horse of pride, then the path of recovery and repentance would be open for him!
But his pride and obstinacy did not let him to repent, but made him to carry the burden of all sinners by taking part in their sins. And what a heavy and intolerable burden!
Therefore, our commander Ali (a.s.) in the sermon of Ghase'a called Satan the enemy of Allah, the leader of those who are stubborn and the predecessor of proud people (1). He advises all to take lesson from his destiny that how did he lost his thousand years of worshiping and devotion only because of a moment of pride and arrogance which expelled him from the rank of angels and cast him away into the worst positions.
O dear! If you made a mistake or committed a sin, boldly confess before God and tell him frankly that: my lord, I made mistake, forgive me and accept my excuse. Release me from the temptation of Satan and from my passions because you are the most gracious and the all-forgiving.
This confession and supplication gives peace to your spirit and paves the way of repentance and God's proximity in front of you.
After that, try to compensate your past, and you know, it does not humiliate you but vice versa, it promotes your rank and value.
Beware that no one can reach to god's proximity by pride and arrogance. There are many people who could be the vanguards of this way but they lost their way and became astray only because of their pride and stubbornness.
Pride, arrogance and stubbornness, they are not only the main obstacles for spiritual perfection but also prevent people from achieving social and political success. Such people always live in the world of fantasies and fictions until they die there! It is wondering that they always look for the causes of their failures in the external world while the main cause of their failure and misery is in their own soul although they make it worse by blaming the others.
The next step is to know that "it is human to err" and no one is sinless except for the infallibles (a.s.). It is important for man to try to correct his mistakes, not to insist on committing sins, to overcome his obstinacy and not to be stubborn. It is important to know that self-satisfaction and considering the sins insignificant and pardonable are the biggest mistakes!
Even Satan, who committed the greatest mistake and the biggest sin, questioned the wisdom of God and disobeyed him by considering the prostration before Adam an unwise order. If his stubbornness had not overshadowed his mind, and if he was not riding the horse of pride, then the path of recovery and repentance would be open for him!
But his pride and obstinacy did not let him to repent, but made him to carry the burden of all sinners by taking part in their sins. And what a heavy and intolerable burden!
Therefore, our commander Ali (a.s.) in the sermon of Ghase'a called Satan the enemy of Allah, the leader of those who are stubborn and the predecessor of proud people (1). He advises all to take lesson from his destiny that how did he lost his thousand years of worshiping and devotion only because of a moment of pride and arrogance which expelled him from the rank of angels and cast him away into the worst positions.
O dear! If you made a mistake or committed a sin, boldly confess before God and tell him frankly that: my lord, I made mistake, forgive me and accept my excuse. Release me from the temptation of Satan and from my passions because you are the most gracious and the all-forgiving.
This confession and supplication gives peace to your spirit and paves the way of repentance and God's proximity in front of you.
After that, try to compensate your past, and you know, it does not humiliate you but vice versa, it promotes your rank and value.
Beware that no one can reach to god's proximity by pride and arrogance. There are many people who could be the vanguards of this way but they lost their way and became astray only because of their pride and stubbornness.
Pride, arrogance and stubbornness, they are not only the main obstacles for spiritual perfection but also prevent people from achieving social and political success. Such people always live in the world of fantasies and fictions until they die there! It is wondering that they always look for the causes of their failures in the external world while the main cause of their failure and misery is in their own soul although they make it worse by blaming the others.
Footnote:
1-Nahj-al-Balaghah, Sermon 192
