O Lord, even though I have committed many sins
I understand that Your forgiveness... is far greater!
If only those who’re pure can hope for Your mercy:
whom else can one be seeking help, for the sinner?
Lord, I’m humbly asking You, like You told me to:
who will pity me if of my hand, You’re not a taker?
There is no other way I have to You, but the hope
that as a Muslim You will be You... the Forgiver!
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "O Lord, even though I have committed many sins
I understand that Your forgiveness... is far greater!
If only those who’re pure can hope for Your mercy:
whom else can one be seeking help, for the sinner?
Lord, I’m humbly asking You, like You told me to:
who will pity me if of my hand, You’re not a taker?
There is no other way I have to You, but the hope
that as a Muslim You will be You... the Forgiver!" in the context of "As quoted in Three Great Abbasid Poets: Abu Nuwas, Al-Mutanabbi & Al-Ma'arri, Lives & Poems (2015) by Paul Smith" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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