A Christian Asking about Repentance
If a man decides after a life of sinfulness to come to God and promise to reform his life, I understand that Islam says that he will be forgiven and therefore inherit the promises etc. My questions though is what has happened to the weight of this man’s sin, as in sinning he has offended God and therefore this sin has to be atoned for, who is going to atone for his sin, if God is just going to forgive him on the promise of his being good and faithful? Surely as we saw with Adam there has to be a consequence for sin…
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
Praise be to Allaah Who has guided us to Islam, for we would not have been guided had He not guided us.
First of all, we thank you for your question, and we ask Allaah to bless you with guidance.
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