"When God's Help and Victory come and you see mankind entering God's religion in throngs, hymn the praise of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness from Him. Truly He is Ever Relenting."
Quran 110:1-3
This is entire surah of al-Nasr, here rendered as "Help," which is the 110th surah (out of 114) so we would expect it to be short. While some of the shorter surahs display a more demanding/vengeful god, this one emphasizes God's desire for forgiveness. As Nasr tells us, "The Divine Name 'the Relenting' is also coupled with the Merciful in several verses (see 2:37, 54, 128, 160; 4:16, 64; 9:104, 118; 49:12). God is portrayed as relenting unto human beings throughout human history, beginning with Adam and Eve (see 2:37c), and every revelation can be seen as a form of God's relenting." As I've opined before, why would God have created us if He/She/It were so angry and vengeful and why would we worship God if He/She/It were so angry and vengeful? At the same time, it makes sense that God would create us if He/She/It were merciful and relenting, and equally logical that we would willingly worship God if He/She/It were merciful and relenting.
Quran 110:1-3
This is entire surah of al-Nasr, here rendered as "Help," which is the 110th surah (out of 114) so we would expect it to be short. While some of the shorter surahs display a more demanding/vengeful god, this one emphasizes God's desire for forgiveness. As Nasr tells us, "The Divine Name 'the Relenting' is also coupled with the Merciful in several verses (see 2:37, 54, 128, 160; 4:16, 64; 9:104, 118; 49:12). God is portrayed as relenting unto human beings throughout human history, beginning with Adam and Eve (see 2:37c), and every revelation can be seen as a form of God's relenting." As I've opined before, why would God have created us if He/She/It were so angry and vengeful and why would we worship God if He/She/It were so angry and vengeful? At the same time, it makes sense that God would create us if He/She/It were merciful and relenting, and equally logical that we would willingly worship God if He/She/It were merciful and relenting.
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