Qur'an 20080423

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

11. The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee, "We were engaged in our flocks and herds, and our families, do thou then ask forgiveness for us?" They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say, "Who then has any power in your behalf with Allah, if God's Will is to give you some loss, or to give you some profit? But Allah is well acquainted with all that you do."

12. Nay, you thought that the Messenger and the Believers would never return to their families. This seemed pleasing to your hearts, and you conceived an evil thought, for you are a people lost.

13. And if any believe not in Allah and God's Messenger, We have prepared for the unbelievers, a blazing Fire!

14. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. God forgives whom God wills, and God punishes whom God wills; but Allah is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful.

The Victory 48:11-14
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Who then has any power in your behalf with Allah, if God's Will is to give you some loss, or to give you some profit? But Allah is well acquainted with all that you do.

Generally, human nature is to "catch up to" mistakes. This includes wrongs done to another person, by asking that person for mercy. The righteous person must try to forgive. God is the best at granting Forgiveness, but there are some things that God does not forgive.

In the Qur'an, we can find Allah complaining about the Arabs several times. Being that the Qur'an is in Arabic, the prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) was an Arab, his mission was to the Arab people, and all the stuff going on in that area nowadays, it should be easy to guess why. But let's not be prejudiced. People are both good and evil, whether it be Arab, non-Arab, male, female, black, white, brown, yellow, pink or whatever. God knows your intentions, and can make your intentions manifest to everyone. Be sincere in righteousness.