THE VIRTUE OF FORGIVENESS
“Inna dhālika min ‘azmi l-umūr” (Qur’ān 31:17) “…surely, this is a resolve to aspire to.” Allah says that to forgive people for their mistakes is something of great importance. Everyone makes mistakes but very few can forgive. This is because people would like to pay back the wrong done to them. Sometimes you can do that. You may do that, but there is a huge reward in forgiving even when you have the means to punish someone. [In thus forgiving], one would have done a great deed, and would be overcoming his own nafs. If that does not seem good enough, then additionally, one could also help the wrongdoer, and so become a beloved servant of Allah.
