Before You Regret………………….?!?

Question

Occasionally a person faces various physical and spiritual sorrows and troubles in the world. Amongst these are feelings so intense that they cannot be compared with any other physical pain. This feeling that causes such great distress in the human soul is a feeling called "regret."
There are two completely different forms of regret, however. The regret felt by people of faith and the regret that non-believers experience. These two feelings are extremely different from one another.

Believers are the people who have an absolute faith in the fact that events take place by Allah's (GOD) Will, and whatever befalls them does so by Allah's Will. This explains their all-important distinctive attribute of putting their unyielding trust in Allah, at good times, in trouble or when they make a mistake. The Prophet Muhammad (saas) pointed out the strong character of the believer with a comparison in the hadith below:
The similitude of a believer is that of a standing crop in a field which is shaken by wind and then it comes to its original position but it stands at its roots. (Muslim)
Upon making a mistake, a believer immediately repents with sincerity and hopes for Allah's forgiveness. As a result, he does not suffer from a distressful and long-lived feeling of regret.

The regret felt by believers urges them to ask for repentance, to purify themselves and prevents them from repeating this error. It helps them rectify their errors and prevents them from plunging into a distressful and pessimistic mood. Moreover, this regret does not reduce their enthusiasm, devotion, or religious zeal nor does it drag them downward into a spiral of apprehension and depression.
Regret felt by disbelievers, on the other hand, is very distressing and long-lasting, as they do not put their trust in Allah when they encounter a difficulty or commit a transgression. Throughout their lives, they often use phrases like "I wish I had not done this..." "I wish I had never said this...," and so on.
More importantly, they are subject to a much greater regret in the Hereafter. Those who lived a life apart from the religion (deen) in this world will regret every misguided moment of their lives.

They were warned before and invited to the straight path. They had enough time to contemplate and embrace the right way. Yet they did not listen when they were warned, ignoring the Hereafter as if they would never die. Then in the Hereafter, they will have no chance to get back to this world and correct their errors. In the Qur'an, Allah relates their regretful expressions as follows:
We have warned you of an imminent punishment on the Day when a man will see what he has done, and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, if only I were dust!" (Surat an-Naba': 40)
If only you could see when they are standing before the Fire and saying, "Oh! If only we could be sent back again, we would not deny the Signs of our Lord and we would be among the believers." (Surat al-An'am: 27)
They will say, "If only we had really listened and used our intellect, we would not have been Companions of the Blaze." (Surat al-Mulk: 10)

They were warned before and invited to the straight path. They had enough time to contemplate and embrace the right way. Yet they did not listen when they were warned, ignoring the Hereafter as if they would never die. Then in the Hereafter, they will have no chance to get back to this world and correct their errors. In the Qur'an, Allah relates their regretful expressions as follows:
We have warned you of an imminent punishment on the Day when a man will see what he has done, and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, if only I were dust!" (Surat an-Naba': 40)
If only you could see when they are standing before the Fire and saying, "Oh! If only we could be sent back again, we would not deny the Signs of our Lord and we would be among the believers." (Surat al-An'am: 27)
They will say, "If only we had really listened and used our intellect, we would not have been Companions of the Blaze." (Surat al-Mulk: 10)

The aim of this book:
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is to warn people against a day when they will regret saying"had we only understood...," "had we only not rejected the signs of our Lord...," "had we only followed those who brought us the message...," "had we only done this and that" etc and to invite them to live for Allah while they still have the chance to correct their wrongs.Keep in mind that that day no one's regret will save him from Allah's wrath. The only way to avoid this regret is to submit to Allah while there is still time and to comply with the commands of Allah.This book is an invitation to the way of Allah and a reminder of the penalty in the inevitable Hereafter,where there will be no place to hide nor any chance of deliverance. Allah reminds this fact in the Qur'an in this way:
Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allah which cannot be turned back. On that Day you will have no hiding-place and no means of denial.42

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Answer 1

You seriously expect me to read all that?

Answer 2

Regret doesn't come from the soul. It is an emotion, a thought process that occurs in the brain. Just as love doesn't come from the heart, the conscience is not found in the soul -- not for me, because I do not believe that the soul exists.

This feeling, regret, usually boils down to a wish that you had made different choices. As an atheist, I am aware that I cannot change what is in the past, and I am aware also that to spend a lot of time regretting past decisions is psychologically unhealthy. To avoid regret, I consider my choices carefully before making decisions. When I have done something wrong, I recognize my responsibility, as a human being, to be honest, admit it, apologize and try to restore the other person's goodwill. I see no reason to apologize to a deity that may or may not exist.

Answer 3

Friend, I am not ignorant of the way you put this question, You start out by mentioning God & allah, Then you slowly get away fom using God & end up using allah, Therefore you must be a muslum, I will serve no one except The One True God, & allah is not that one True God. I know in whom I have believed in & nothing can sway me away from serving the One True God which is The Creator of all things.

Answer 4

Regret? LOL. Sorry, but faith is really over-rated.

I suppose that the regret felt by believers and non-believers can be different. Believers feel threatened by having to live for eternity being tortured by a god with vague and contradictory rules for "passing" and getting into "Heaven". Non-believers realize that this life is all we have and while we may have some regrets, we realize that we're all human. Non-believers tend to enjoy life more and realize that all experiences, good and bad, add to what our life is. So, regrets are really minimalized. And us non-believers don't have any cosmic threats hanging over us. We tend to not live our lives in fear of superstitions.

Answer 5

Hi
I feel the same way when we pray to Jehovah for forgiveness and trully repent all the regret goes away and we don't have that constant regret, guilt feeling because we kept our relationship with Jehovah has been kept clean and we know that he forgives us.
Lammy

Answer 6

I regret to inform you that this is really not even a question. It is a dissertation and if you want me to grade you , you will have to put your name on it and hand it in on time just like the rest of the students.

Answer 7

That is way to much to read clear through, but I won't regret not believing in faerie tales. So don't worry about it.

Answer 8

"They will say, "If only we had really listened and used our intellect, we would not have been Companions of the Blaze."

Does this mean that weed makes you stupid?

Answer 9

Ignore the ignorance bless you for putting this up!

May Allah reward you inshallah.

Answer 10

Yawn.

Please excuse me for falling asleep while reading the question, I regret this....


Ramen !