- Chapter: Pardoning and Turning Away from the Ignorant
Allah the Exalted says, “Accept what is easy, enjoin what is right, and turn away from the ignorant.” (7:199)
He also says, “So forgive with a gracious forgiveness.” (15:85)
And He says, “Let them pardon and overlook. Would you not love that Allah should forgive you? Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (24:22)
And He says, “Those who restrain their anger and pardon people—Allah loves those who excel in doing good.” (3:134)
And He says, “Whoever is patient and forgives—surely that is a matter of great resolve.” (42:43)
There are many other well-known verses on this theme.
1/643. ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), “Has any day come upon you that was harsher than the day of Uḥud?” He replied, “I have endured much from your people, and the hardest of what I faced from them was on the day of al-ʿAqabah. I presented myself to Ibn ʿAbd Yālīl ibn ʿAbd Kilāl, but he did not grant me what I sought. I left, heavy-hearted, and did not regain my senses until I was at Qarn al-Thaʿālib. I raised my head and saw a cloud shading me. I looked and—there was Gabriel (upon him be peace). He called to me and said, ‘Allah has heard the words of your people to you and how they answered you. He has sent the Angel of the Mountains to you so that you may command him as you wish regarding them.’ The Angel of the Mountains then called me, greeted me, and said, ‘O Muḥammad, Allah has heard the words of your people to you. I am the Angel of the Mountains; my Lord has sent me…’