Repentance and Resolve

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عُمْرُكَ وَهُوَ وَقْتُكَ الْحَاضِرُ بَيْنَ مَا مَضَى وَمَا يَسْتَقْبِلُ

Your life is your present time between what has passed and what is to come.

فَالَّذِي مَضَى تُصْلِحُهُ بِالتَّوْبَةِ وَالنَّدَمِ وَالِاسْتِغْفَارِ

So what has passed can be corrected by repentance, remorse, and seeking forgiveness.

وَذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ لَا تَعَبٌ عَلَيْكَ فِيهِ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مُعَانَاةٍ

And this is something that does not burden you with effort, nor toil, nor hardship.

عَمَلٌ شَاقٌّ إِنَّمَا هُوَ عَمَلُ قَلْبٍ

It is not strenuous work; rather, it is the work of the heart.

وَتَمْتَنِعُ فِيمَا يَسْتَقْبِلُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ

And you refrain in the future from sins.

وَامْتِنَاعُكَ تَرْكٌ وَرَاحَةٌ

And your refraining is simply letting go, which is relief.

لَيْسَ هُوَ عَمَلًا بِالْجَوَارِحِ يَشُقُّ عَلَيْكَ مُعَانَاتُهُ

It is not an action of the limbs that causes you hardship in its endeavor.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ عَزْمٌ وَنِيَّةٌ جَازِمَةٌ تُرِيحُ بَدَنَكَ وَقَلْبَكَ وَسِرَّكَ

Rather, it is firm resolve and intention that brings ease to your body, heart, and mind.

فَمَا مَضَى تُصْلِحُهُ بِالتَّوْبَةِ

So what has passed, you correct through repentance.

وَمَا يَسْتَقْبِلُ تُصْلِحُهُ بِالِامْتِنَاعِ وَالْعَزْمِ وَالنِّيَّةِ

And what is to come, you correct through refraining, resolve, and intention.

وَلَيْسَ لِلْجَوَارِحِ فِي هَذَيْنَ نَصَبٌ وَلَا تَعَبٌ

And for the limbs, there is no toil or hardship in these two tasks.

وَلَكِنَّ الشَّأْنَ فِي عُمْرِكَ وَهُوَ وَقْتُكَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ الْوَقْتَيْنِ

But the matter is in your life, which is your present time between the two periods.

فَإِنْ أَضَعْتَهُ أَضَعْتَ سَعَادَتَكَ وَنَجَاتَكَ

If you waste it, you waste your happiness and salvation.

وَإِنْ حَفِظْتَهُ مَعَ إِصْلَاحِ الْوَقْتَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ قَبْلَهُ وَبَعْدَهُ بِمَا ذَكَرْتُ نَجَوْتَ وَفُزْتَ بِالرَّاحَةِ وَاللَّذَّةِ وَالنَّعِيمِ

And if you preserve it, along with correcting the periods before and after as I mentioned, you succeed and attain comfort, pleasure, and bliss.