Forgiveness,
without any doubt is a gift which almighty God has thrust upon us. It is easy
not to get benefit from this unlimited blessing of god and it is difficult to
practice this glorious bounty of God. It required a lot of wisdom and
understanding to comprehend the unlimited social and individual benefits of
forgiveness. Forgiveness is when you have not held others accountable for the
hardships they had incurred to you.
One cannot
imagine a world without Forgiveness. People would kill one another mercilessly
if they have not the ethical backing of forgiveness. There would be chaos in
the world without forgiveness. When we cheat and harm one another, it is good we
come close again by forgiving one another. Even the most heinous of crimes are
pardonable. When a husband forgives a wife or a wife pardons a husband a family
is saved from disintegration. When a statesman takes the fierce argument of his
enemy state lightly the war is avoided.
Assume if
one does not forgive other, the other would turn up to be a beast and retaliate
violently. This would increase the crime and violence on the planet earth. The
violence that is prevalent on earth today is because that we does not forgive
others for their wrong doings, this creates an anger and resentment which is
resulted in violence in the end. Some people forgive sometimes, not all people
forgive most of the time, but most people forgive sometime. This is the major
reason of our social problems and purification of relations.
The opposite
of forgiveness is temper, punishment and strictness. It is unimportant and
creates anger. It creates stress and depression. Forgiveness is suffering of
heart and mind, but it gives inner peace and self-contentment. It consoles
one’s body, mind and soul and help to win the closeness of God. If one who has
power and authority over other and forgive them, God who is omniscient will
forgive him for his wrongdoings. This is also elaborated in the holy Quran in
following words.
“…..and let them
pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allah should forgive you. And
Allah is forgiving and merciful” (An-Nur:24:22)
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