الْغَفَّارُ
The Forgiving
Al-Ghaffar
The Forgiving
The One who forgives sins repeatedly and veils the faults of His servants, showing boundless clemency.
Zümer 39:5
Virtue
Al-Ghaffar declares that Allah veils sins, forgives, and continually pardons those who turn to Him in repentance—the intensive form ghaffar means: the One who forgives abundantly, repeatedly, without end. The Prophet (peace be upon him) related a sacred hadith in which Allah declares: 'O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky, then you sought My forgiveness, I would forgive you.' The servant who invokes Al-Ghaffar never despairs no matter how grave the sins, turns to Him in sincere repentance, purifies the heart with istighfar, and tastes the inner peace of having one's faults concealed.
Related Hadith
Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, narrating from his Lord: 'O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and hope in Me, I will forgive you whatever is from you, and I will not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and then you sought My forgiveness, I would forgive you, and I would not mind.'
[Tirmizî, Daavât, no. 3540]
