Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, is most kind, compassionate, merciful and benevolent to His servants. The Noble Quraan and Ahaadith are full with verses that explain this most beautiful quality of Allah, in fact, the very first verse that we find when we open the Quraan is:

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

Allah begins by awakening the hearts of men, that don’t ever forget that your Lord – Allah, is Most Forgiving and Most Merciful.

However, it is understood from the Ahaadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that even on this night, some servants of Allah are deprived of His forgiveness.

We can thus gauge the severity of these sins and the need to perpetually abstain from them as they are so grave that even on an occasion when Allah’s mercy comes to the fore, they still pose an obstacle to our forgiveness.

They are as follows:

1. Idolaters

2. Those who harbour enmity against others

3. Consumers of alcohol

4. Those who disobey their parents

5. Those who wear their trousers, kurtas, lunges, etc. below their ankles;

6. Those who commit adultery and murderers

7. and those who sever family ties.

Every Muslim should consider carefully and if they are involved in any of these sins, they should sincerely repent and seek forgiveness for their sins lest they be deprived of the amazing forgiveness and kindness of Allah on this night.

Another important point is the fact that those sins which deal with the rights of our fellow men (Huqooqul Ibaad), will not be forgiven by Allah until forgiveness has not been sought from the one who has been harmed and a genuine and sincere effort to redress the wrong committed against him has not been made.