Today's Reflection - (Ayah 37, Surah Al- Baqarah)
فَتَلَقَّىٰ آدَمُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ Then Adam received words from his Lord, so He relented towards him. He is the Relenting, the Merciful. As we all know the Adam (AS) was the first human being on the earth. In this ayah Allah mentions that he taught Adam (AS) the dua which should be recited when one repents and want to seek forgiveness from Allah. Many times it happens that we make a mistake and we do repent but do not how to seek forgiveness, this are the words we should use: رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers. Here we understand that Allah is our creator and he knows what we are going through. Adam as was remorseful and Allah knew it. We sometimes think that nobody can understand us, but we often forget that Allah understands us insid...