Oscar Wilde said, “Every Saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” We have many exemplaries in he Islamic tradition of those who turned to servitude and piety. Allah says in the Qur’an: ‘Believers, all of you, turn to God so that you may prosper.’ [Surah an-Nur 24:31] Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi (d. 741AH) comments on the…Continue reading How to seek forgiveness – Istighfār