It will not be closed until the sun rises from the West.” [At-Tabaraani]

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      Listen to the call of Allaah

“O My slaves, you err night and day, but I forgive all sins, so ask Me for forgiveness and I will forgive you.” [Muslim]

So why not seek forgiveness? “Allaah stretches forth His hand at night to forgive those who have done wrong during the day, and He stretches forth His hand by day to forgive those who have done wrong during the night.” Allaah loves our apologies and pleas, so why not turn to Him?

How beautiful to Allaah are the words of the one who repents

“O Allaah, I ask You by Your power and by my own shame to have mercy on me. I ask You by Your Strength and my own weakness, by Your Self-sufficiency and my own dependence. To You I submit my lying, sinful forelock. You have many slaves besides me, but I have no Master except You. I have no refuge or escape from You except with You. I beseech you in the manner of a poor and destitute man, I pray to you with the prayer of one who is humble; I call upon you with the supplication of one who is blind and afraid. This is a plea from one whose head is humbled before You, whose nose is in the dust, whose eyes are filled with tears and whose heart has submitted to You.”