Al-Muzni who is
Abu lbrahim Isma`il ibn Yahya said:
"I entered
upon ash-Shafi'i during his illness which resulted in his death, so I said to
him: 'What is your condition?'
He replied:
"I am journeying from this world, and departing from my brothers, drinking
from the cup of death, and upon Allaah - Exalted is His remembrance - arriving.
And no! By
Allaah, I do not know if my soul is travelling towards Paradise or the
Fire!"
Then he started
to weep, and he said:
'In You, the
Creator, I raise my longing, And even if I am, O possessor of kindness and
generosity, an evildoer, a criminal,
When my heart
became constricted and my paths became narrow,
I took my hope in
Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape,
My sins seemed
very great to me but when I compared them to Your forgiveness,
I found Your
forgiveness to be greater,
You are and still
remain the only One who can forgive sins,
You grant and
forgive out of Your benevolence and generosity,
Perhaps the One
who is the source of all goodness will forgive and overlook my mistakes,
And will hide the
sins and burden that I accumulated,
My sins seemed
very great to me, so I turned (to You) in humility,
Were it not for
my contentment in you, I wouldn't, O my Lord, have seen any comfort at all,
So if You forgive
me, You would have forgiven a sinner, A rebellious, oppressive tyrant still
sinning,
So my crime is
very great, past and present, But Your forgiveness that embraces Your servant
is greater and higher,
So whomsoever
holds fast to Allaah is truly saved from mankind, And whomsoever's hopes are in
Him, will be far removed from any regrets.'
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