Chapter 3 : Repentance 83 Among God’s knowers, there are some who, regarding the abandoning of the sin, attest that the zalla is a sin and not an act that is associated with blame or praise They approve of its relationship to the human being through which it is called a sin Then blame follows If, in this issue, each divine act is ascribed to the human being, all cosmic acts are sins, whether they are praiseworthy or blameworthy Among the people there is one who regards the immediate abandoning of a sin as one’s concern to return to his Lord, while zalla means return from God This is a state of contradiction ( naqīḍ ) 53 Whoever is in an immediate state of contradiction, does not adhere to one contradictory state, and necessarily, in this immediate state he has no sin According to another opinion, the immediate abandoning of the sin for the penitent is his concern to attest to God’s forgiveness of his sin rujūʿ ʿalā ) so that he will return to God ( rujūʿ ilā ) There is ( a difference b...
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